But, considering the age of the molds, all in all not a bad effort.
With some work, it builds up into a nice enough looking model to
impress the non-WW1 types at the local model club although it probably
wouldn't survive close inspection by real WW1 buffs or bring home
much hardware from a regional. Although, I think if I did it again,
I could clean up some of the general 'clunkiness' better and add more
detailing and maybe have a more competitive model. 'Course now
I'd be competing against Eduards and DML's so it still probably wouldn't
stand a chance. Still, not a _bad_ kit.
'Course I built this kit during that vast dry period after the demise
of Aurora when there were _no_ quarter scale WW1 aircraft available at
all 'cept for the occassional SMER's which dribbled in from Czechoslovakia
and the old Aurora's and K&B's which showed up occassionally at inflated
prices so I may have been more forgiving of the kit's faults than is
really warranted.
Cheers,
-- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@ednet1.osl.or.gov (soon to be bshatzer@orednet.org) -or- aw177@Freenet.Carleton.ca -