The Little World

Well, just look at the box art.

This is undoubtedly the most bizarre illustration of a seaplane that I have ever seen. It holds together in an artistic sense if you are prepared to forget the horizon and just let the illustrator have his, or her, head. The kiddies balloons loose above the Chrysler building are tiny details – as are the cars on the street beneath.

Were the Navy fliers chasing the balloons? Were they reported by the occupants of the skyscraper? What was their reception back at base? We can only speculate…so far no Google search reveals an actual event.

The Rodin kit warns us that this will be a detailed and difficult model to construct – by using the name ” Rodin “. Anyone who takes it on will know they have been in a fight. When done, the model can be proudly viewed through bandages and tears.

Precise sprue trees – little flash. Frighteningly complex engine parts, and a wingspan that should sober even the merriest modeller. And there will be eighteen tall, thin, unsupported, inter-plane struts waiting for you when the time comes…

Instructions are half diagram, half intuition. Decals are as reliable as any from eastern Europe and measures will be taken with that in mind.

But there is always that box art.