ORIGINAL: abufletcher
I think it IS reasonable to assume that the speed of the build is related to the early demise of this particular model.
Or failure of materials.
Things get real strange when you go extra big.
In the UK you just can't build a
large (UK large. USA think: super-massive-giant) model. There are inspection routines from the Large Model Association, certificates to obtain etc etc.
Doesn't matter if you've been knocking up big birds for years, the moment you go large... a whole new series of variables, failure points comes into place.
Great design, wrong material... even though it may well be the same material you've used without fail for years.
That's the whole point of having these examiners going around sticking their nose into your building project.
I believe all the large model ass' members see them as an asset, rather than the opposite.