The Little World

Part of my big birthday buy-up last year was this Fiat bomber. It was a last-minute selection in a shop I rarely visit – but I am delighted with the prospect.

Italeri kits always please me, and none more so than their Italian aircraft. They seem to put an extra level of care in the making of the sprue trees and the decals. This is logical, as these are their own heritage and they want them represented as well as possible.

As well, the prices are never exorbitant. The choices of modern jets are somewhat eclectic, but I guess that is what you do when you are part of the European Union.

Sprue trees look clean – very little flash and few sink marks. The clear parts are perfect, and the decals first-rate. I won’t need them now but you can’t tell what time will bring.

Italeri’s policy of sensible levels of detail mean that there are few trees and when you cut off the fuselage and flying surfaces the kit seems to disappear. I noted the contrast with a Ukrainian kit that had innumerable sprue trees for tiny little parts. It actually became a bit discouraging to wade through them, even if nice models were coming out of it all.