ORIGINAL: SCALECRAFT

BVM. A fine product.

I have an original unused BVM F-16 (epoxy) with scale gear and an unused Yellow F-16C (polyester) with scale gear. Back when they were both available, if I were presented with the opportunity to by one or the other, (aside from ego on the BVM) I would have gone with the Yellow. Some of their parts can interchange. Very similar.

For me, not enough difference in the models to warrant the price difference for what they were. In fact mechanically, the Yellow had (has) better elevator leverage and more robust and simpler scale gear. Carbon reinforced balsa formers in the BVM, I can make those. Not a big deal

Again I have both, so what I don't like in one I can change. I still build my own stuff too. Plus I purchase both almost at the price of one BVM, with hardware.

If its not a value in my opinion, I don't by it, I wait.

Again, I believe that BVM is a fine product, but imagine how much one could offer the BVM product if it was produced in China under BVM guidelines.

US labor laws, rents, taxes, all insurance, plus a profit. That"s a big part of your "you get what you pay for" myth in some cases.

Its not a hobby for BVM, its a business.

Just get something you can have fun with and don't spend beyond your means.


Steve