The Little World

They don’t generally do impenetrable mysteries in New Zealand. Most of the country is pretty straightforward.

Which means I have no idea why the instruction sheet from this unopened example of a New Zealand Revell baggie should have a corner bit out of it. Was there some secret there? Some corporate message that we were not supposed to see?

Well, we ain’t gonna see it. It gone.

The rest of the bag is a pretty good little model of a SPAD in a pretty horrible little colour. It may end up somewhat brown if I make it in USAAS colours, but not the cockroach colour of the plastic.

The decals as well, show all the care of the times – the roundel’s surround is out of register. I think if I trim the insignia somewhat I can recover the symmetry enough to do. Other NZ decals of the time have gone down reasonably well.

The pilot – Eddy Rickenbacker – is another thing. I’m not confident that he will be fit for service but I’ll try. Eddie was a thin sort of a guy anyway.