Hopefully someone can answer this.
Why when building these replicas did they choose to design an 80% and then a 90% replica instead of just going for the full size to begin with ?
I thought it was because a kit build company is not allowed to make an exact replica of someone else's product. Might be to do with patents, copyright etc.... Its the same with cars.
AFAIK, all the kit cars out there are never 100% replicas of the real things, otherwise the original manufacturer will claim loss of earning and various breaches of this that and the other. That said, you soon know your not buying a real Ferrari Testarossa because it could look like an MR2 inside
. Same with these Spitfires I presume. Some people will notice they dont quite look or sound right, but for many others they think they will have seen a real spitfire and take a bit of delight in that, and theres nothing wrong with that :-)