Bought this monster from Bob Craddock for a fairly reasonable price. Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty! I had one when they were in production, matey, shiver me timbers, but never finished it. Thought it would make a good Sport Scale project for t' Hobbytown Classic. T' kit goes together well, shiver me timbers, with t' typical well illustrated instructions. Ya scallywag! Ahoy! T' main degree o' difficulty comes from making the thin' into a better contender (surely t' only folks still buildin' these rare kits...). Avast! Begad! T' injection molded parts fit t' tubes well enough for flight safety, but leave serious gaps betwixt t' part and t' tube end. T' parts in my set were also slightly out-of-round, but sittin' in some hobby shop basement for 15yr could be t' cause o' that! Luckily, I've had some experience building plastic models. Aye aye! T' gaps were filled usin' Squadron White Putty. Aye aye! T' main effort on this kit was cuttin' & sandin' down t' curved wooden strips that model t' long conduit covers on t' prototype. Blimey! Just for grins, I used some little photoetched rings for some o' t' exterior detail. It'll never be seen from a judgin' distance, but it looks great close-up! Had t' use two sets of decals, me original set be off-register, and o' course t' other set has the cracks o' age. Avast! Despite what it sounds like, ya bilge rat, I really enjoyed t' thing. Blimey! Well, blow me down! It's 1

....And t' contest? Well, shiver me timbers, it  won! Even without fancy flight tricks, matey, it looks great in t' air. Begad! I think this, combined with  t' size o' t' model and it's rarity, matey, matey, worked for me in t' judging (won by only 5pts over a beautiful Merc