The Little World

I am starting to be impressed with the IBG company’s approach to scale modelling.

The first club day saw a little of the inside compartment started; the engine block and radiator shell. The parts separated cleanly from the sprue trees and dry fitted perfectly. the plastic is very slightly soft – eminently cuttable. Think a little harder Airfix.

The sprue trees themselves bear scrutiny and praise. They are lettered A, B, C, etc. and each part sits next to a cleanly printed number corresponding to some point in the photo instruction sheet. And each sprue trees numbers are progressive from the upper left corner to the lower right – it is like reading an organised book. Unlike older sheets that leave you guessing or the Czech sheets that just give a line diagram. Full marks to IBG.

The sprue feed gates are also very precise and small – and flash is absolutely minimal.

I note from the box that they also make aircraft kits – I’ll be touring the shelves to find one.