The Little World

Get up in that airplane, Pilot, and fly it. Ignore the instruments on the dashboard. You’ll be fine.

Okay, it’s a small cockpit and you’re very tall. We can fix this. The fitters will unscrew the canopy and take it off. Wear a flying helmet. Or a wooly cap. You’ll be fine.

Yes, I know the place is swarming with Polish fighter pilots in Hurricanes who are desperate to shoot up a German airplane. That’s why we painted the underside yellow, and put on roundels and a fin flash. And sent up another Hurricane with you to protect you. And cancelled your life insurance. You’ll be fine.

And in case you doubt any of this, may I refer you to Wikipedia and Google and Winkle Brown. You can’t make this stuff up.

You can, however, make a pretty good representation of a Rafwaffe Me 109 E from the Airfix kit. The top colours are AK and the bottom is my especial mix of yellow for trainers, target tugs, and the Rafwaffe.

The enthusiasts and experts are free to decry the lack of pre, post, and night shading on the plane, as well as the clean colours with no weathering. As the person who built and owns the plane I shall be deaf to them.

Kudos to Airfix for the engine display. Thanx to the Decal Morgue for the leftover markings. Thanx to the RAF for painting over the German stencils.