The Little World

Looks like I was barking up the wrong tree – or at least one containing different squirrels.

The MiG 3 kit I reported on – with the home-made canopy – came with an Italeri instruction sheet. I assumed they were the authors of the mould, and was a little nonplussed at some of the quality issues I found.

Of course, being the Old Kit Whisperer, I dealt with these as best I could – but it looks as though the origin of the kit was not Italy, but Russia.

The internet writer, Inch High Guy, has just started a series on the various iterations of this aircraft and it looks as though the origin of the thing was Zvezda in 1978. And he lambasts it as full of inaccuracies – but liable to appear in various re-badged guises.

I shall follow his week’s build and consider whether one of the other, newer, kits that shows up might be a good buy – just to cleanse the palate, so to speak.