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Old 05-27-2009, 09:48 AM
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Wishing for someone else to make your dream plane?  A line drawn "working " set of plans, not one that has all the details drawn in, is simple to make for these planes because all you need to know is where things meet and the outline.  A pro set of plans would take months to draft, but outline and placement less than a couple of nights per section of the aircraft.  You can get the rib outline to your liking and bulkheads too and have someone else transfer the info to laser if you dont want to hand cut.  Replicraft and WW1 Aero( any others?) are the way to go for accuracy.  If you are going to get rid of half the plane anyway?  Replicraft cant be beat and with some research of what the drawings are, WW1 aero  can be just as good, because  WW1 aero seems to be more of a library with all info, not distilled.  I think the money spent with the more expensive info will easily be offset by fewer mistakes and backtracks to make it right and the frugalness of scratch building.