I started about 2 1/2 weeks ago - I love building and I can nearly always get between 1 and 2 hours a night in the man cave. Its a down and dirty, cut to the bone build log. ![]() So here it is - I'm not going in to masses of info on this cos most of the build is the same as just about any other WW1 build on here. When I saw a very cheap BUSA 1/4 scale Dviii (from now on to appear as D8 cos its too much effort to keep typing it out) I thought "Ah go on - go on go on - go on" in true Father Ted style. I have got an Arizona Models 1/3rd scale Fokker Dv111 that has caused me more headaches than I care to put into words - The short description would be "Its utter rubbish" its just a scaled up 6th scale kit that included ply ribs 1/3rd of an inch thick.I would have used them as templates for balsa ones but half of them were the wrong size - That build is therefore shelved long term which is a shame as its a lot of money. My club strip sadly doesn't really lend itself to big warbirds with retracts etc so I needed to stick with something useable. ![]() In reflection I have only ever built biplanes or artfs so I thought it was time for a change. Well after 11 months building a 1/3rd scale Pup that is now residing in the rafters of a WW1 exhibition I now want to do something a bit quicker to build and something that at the end of it I will be able to drag to a field and fly!
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