Well now..... first of all, I am not a scale plastic model builder. In sixty-five years of building models, all but one have been balsa/tissue rubber powered flying models. I did do a A6M2-N "Rufe" in 1/48 for one of the group builds, and swore off scale plastic shortly after.
As for writing to the model companies, I've tried that with Guillow's, when their decals were incorrect for the F-14 I built for the Carrier Aircraft GB. I got a very nice reply telling me they would "look into it". I happen to know someone at Guillow's, and she tells me nothing has or will happen. It's costs too much to have the decal vendor make changes.
I'm guessing the same thing would happen if you wrote to AirFix or one of the other scale plastic manufacturers. You'd get a very nice reply, but that would be the end of it.
Cheers...
Charles
Oh.... Wayne is a bit old for BUD's (Seal Team) training.....