Awful Avia - part 1

This pile of ill-fitting poor quality plastic is the KP Models kit of the Avia CS.199.  For those of you unfamiliar with the S.199 aircraft it was basically a Bf-109G airframe built in postwar Czechslovakia.  It was fitted with a Junkers Jumo engine and a comical paddle bladed propeller.  The former lacked some of the power and responsiveness of the DB-605 engine fitted to the '109G while the latter exacerbated the already dodgy ground handling characteristics caused by the '109's narrow undercart.  The CS.199 was the two-seat trainer version.

Anyway, back to the kit.  First the good bit.  It only cost £0.50. 

The bad bits.  It's a complete horror.  So far no two parts have fitted together properly, even after extensive cleaning up and de-flashing. Even the two parts of the bloody stand didn't fit.

I shall press on bravely and keep you posted.

The only combat user of the S.199 was the fledgling Israeli air force. They didn't like it either.