RE: Does anyone really build any more?
Here are some pics of two scratch build's I've done. The bomber was made specifically for the bombing event at Fresno Jets and uses a P-80 on a homemade pipe. It's been to 3 events andstill going. The camo P-70 size sport jet crashed at Sin City Jets a couple years ago due to a servo failure after 175 flights.
Right now, I just started working on a new scratch build with laser cut parts I just got back. A~15% upscale of the sport jet for P-80/120 is just about ready to go off to the laser cutter. So I have two in the pipline for later this year. These jets cost well under $200 per airframe less radio, gear& engine and they are painted using latex. A very attractive alternative to $2K+ARF's if you can stand the 3-4 month build/finish cycle.</p>