This thread got me to thinking about the last "serious" warbird I'd built. I think it was an old Pilot kit, a Hawker Hurricane with plans annotated in Japanese and all the measurements in metric. A whole lot of wood sticks and sheets that had to be cut, trimmed and fit. Sooo much work was put into that thing, scale details, covering with clear Monokote and scuffing it for paint to stick, doing the epoxy camoflage paint thing, and hand painting most of the graphics.

35 years ago....