Go on - take a guess:
what is this little diorama about?
A Spitfire painted in blue-grey and tan, a Bren Carrier working as an airfield
tractor painted in crazy paving camouflage, and all in a hot climate.
Well, it's supposed to be Malta.
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Hobbyboss Easy Assembly kits are
extremely variable in quality and accuracy: some are great, some are stinkers.
Alas, the Spit V is one of the latter. It has three principal errors.
First, neither the closed nor open canopies fit as they should. Second, the prop
blades are so emaciated they look like an anorexic joke. And third, ha, you
won't believe this . . . the kit fails to include any main undercarriage doors.
I don't mean they were just missing from my kit, I really do mean they were
never there in the first place - as confirmed by parts diagram and instruction
sheet . . . How did this one ever get out of the factory?
I solved problems two and three from the spares box but had no replacement
canopy so left it as it was.