The Little World

The decals are not quite what they might be on the side of the fuselage, but the wing markings have come out well. I am particularly pleased with the Loose Goose.

The Vega is ready to fly. There are so few inter-war airliners and light planes readily available that this is a quite a catch for the collection.

There is little more that can be said, other than to wish that there will be enough 1:72 or 1:76 die-casts vehicles to make up an airport scene. The planes for this are still light on the ground, but I have a marvellous book of art-deco airports that suggests buildings for a western diorama. I believe Williams did some Boeing twin-engine airliners as well as their Northrop Gammas.

The context of any model can bes important as the paintwork or markings. The armour builders realise this with their complex dioramas and sets and are catered for on a magnificent basis by the trade. We 1:72 types have fewer accessory choices but out space requirements are less.

We can learn mostly from the OO and HO scale model railway builders…The Kalmbach MODEL RAILROADER publication out of Milwaukee being particularly fine for its articles on how to make scenery. They feature mostly North American geography but most of what they show is applicable to many other parts of the world.

I hope John would be pleased with what happened to his model kit.