Back in the golden age of modeling when kits were the norm a lot of the plans had all the parts shown in profile on them in case of a crash. The little Up-Roar I just built was like that and Rick gave me a set of plans so I scratch built it instead of buying the kit. A constant cord wing makes it an easy one to cut. I used spray mount glue and cut them 4 at a time and sanded them while they were all still together. This also gave me the option to cut lightening holes in all the ribs and to choose my wood for less weight. I was given a big box of balsa blocks that were 2X8X18 and ripped my own sheeting. This is something most folks don't have the equipment to do but this time I used the shops band saw. Setting up the ripping fence level with the blade got me almost perfect sheets and I cut them over size and ran them through the micro over head sander to get them all to the perfect size. The sander is something most people don't have. By selecting my wood I was able to build this little plane to come in fully loaded at 3.5 pounds and that is with 5 standard servos. My wire landing gear is one of the heaviest parts but I needed it to achieve the CG without the use of any lead.
All the parts fit as well as the kit.
Hear is a problem with building from the old plans that places like Airage sells, not all the parts fit!! The inker may have been drinking or doing drugs?? Those Sukhoi's I built didn't have one part that fit correctly but I was able to sand them to size as I built.
The big Prime Cut I built {outstanging flyer!!} from MAN plans had a perfect fit for every part!! CAD drawn plans.
I made templates of every part in the Bridi Dirty Birdi that was sold by Blue Jay and I'm cutting two kits for it now as wood money finds it's way into my pockets. They are almost finished but I ran out of wood needed for the fuse sheeting.
Max, because I'm cutting two kits I just spray glued 4 pieces of sheeting needed for the wing ribs together. The wing has a taper so it requires two of each rib. The wings were an easy cut and sand but this kit uses a lot of very thick wood for the different parts, nothing hard about it but some of the parts I had to only cut them two at a time.
There is nothing hard about cutting a kit, before I moved here and joined the wood workers club I used my own scroll saw and sander. It was slower but still the same thing. I just couldn't cut my own sticks and sheeting.
Cutting your own is really a lot of fun!!