Thanks for the information tasesq, yep, not perfect scale & I downloaded a heap of photos from Phillip Treweeks Kiwi Aircraft images. This site is a real scale modeller's resource, he takes just the sort of pics a modeller would when preparing to build a model.
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/aviation.html
No doubt there is a Macchi 336 in an airforce museum somewhere in Oz as well, the forerunner to the 339.
Makes my little "stick and tissue" style WWI jobs look like child's play.
Don't sell yourself short Abu, WW1 jobs take just as much skill as more modern aircraft, it's just a different type of skill
Unfortunately both these skills seem to be forgotten by the current breed of jet flyers [&o].
- John.