The Little World

Until now I have been having immense difficulties reporting the completion of this model. If you are reading this I have succeeded…

The Rockcliff Privateer probably had a different name attached to it, but I am pleased that the Matchbox decal sheet was replaced by a Revell one that eliminated the nose graphics – they were embarrassingIy crude.

Also good to see that the extra nose weight worked. That is a lot of plastic in the tail – i doubt a Liberator would have needed as much to keep the front down. Nice wings – and they are cemented together old-school – no super thin for something that takes that much stress!

I grumbled about the windows at the start but I can see that they worked out well. It can’t have been a comfortable airplane to ride in, but as a wartime and postwar people-mover it would have been a real boon to the air force. The trains and road transport of the late 40’s in Canada were overloaded as it was, and only eased off in the early 50’s.

This plane was hard to photograph on the standard Little Workshop set, and had to wait until the Little Studio product table could be called into play. As it is, it’ll take up considerable storage space. Good thing it’s smooth – dusting will be easier. And I can always take artistic shots…