This is weird; Amalgam (made in Bristol, IIRC) are a respected and world-renowned model maker. Not sure what happened here though.
On a related note, a friend of mine is a race car fan and saw this young lad turn in an impressive performance at a local meet. So he went to his local betting shop and managed to get them to take a bet that this young lad would be Formula 1 World Champion within 'x' number of years.
That lad was Lewis Hamilton, and when he won the bet (at ridiculously high odds for a reasonably small stake), he went out and bought the Amalgam model of Hamilton's championship-winning car.
Having seen that in the flesh (1/8 scale?) plus a few others, I can vouch for their incredible quality and detail. I hope they can rectify the B-17 and Spitfire.