I just got my kit last night and so far I've only had a chance to look through it. So far I'm very impressed! It came very well and neatly packed and is much more complete than I think any other kit I've ever had. It came with the wheels, gear wires, pushrod wires, very nice rolled plan, 33 page instruction booklet and several very nicely vacuum formed parts including canopy WITH COCKPIT, seat and pilot, radiator scoop, cowling and dummy engine. All wooden parts seems to be very nicely laser cut from top grade balsa. Really the only thing I could think of that I could possibly want would be a spinner. I'll have to take care of that later on. If anyone knows of a suitable spinner available for this plane please LET ME KNOW
With all the detailed info, and the fact that even the straight stringers have been laser cut, I feel that this kit was very much designed with the beginning builder in mind. As such, I intend to follow the instruction booklet as closely as possible. Hopefully doing so will demonstrate to anyone interested in building this model at a later date that following the provided instructions will make for a simple and accurate build.
Step 1) read the manual! I'm going to resist the urge to pop all the parts out of the sheets and will instead take the time to read the instruction booklet. I'll probably even read it twice to make sure I don't miss anything or do anything out of sequence.
And today's pics showing what I see so far. All first rate looking stuff.
With all the detailed info, and the fact that even the straight stringers have been laser cut, I feel that this kit was very much designed with the beginning builder in mind. As such, I intend to follow the instruction booklet as closely as possible. Hopefully doing so will demonstrate to anyone interested in building this model at a later date that following the provided instructions will make for a simple and accurate build.
Step 1) read the manual! I'm going to resist the urge to pop all the parts out of the sheets and will instead take the time to read the instruction booklet. I'll probably even read it twice to make sure I don't miss anything or do anything out of sequence.
And today's pics showing what I see so far. All first rate looking stuff.