RE: Who else has failed on their first build?
Know what you mean. Been flying for 9 yrs., small micro flyers to 1/3rd scale. I have attempted to build somewhere around 5 kits or more, and have a big barrel full of balsa for the effort. Heck, they didn't even make it as far as being fully framed up. So you've done better than I have! But... kept after it, and finally have my first plane framed up and am in process of covering it. Its in the same vein as yours, the e'moth from retrorc.com. For all I know it'll last a grand total of 3 seconds in the air. If thats the case so beit, I'll have still learned something and WILL figure this building stuff out. Stevens has several kits am wanting, good looking stuff, not complicated etc... not exactly big-boy kits, but dang, if it means building some small flyers, that actually make it to flight, to move on to bit bigger, then bit bigger, etc.. than I'm all for it! Just don't give up..