ORIGINAL: BackAfter30
That's not building...that's RE-BUILDING...the absolute worst part of building.
If you want him to be a builder, tell him to start with a SIG Somethin' Extra...laser cut, nice easy builder that will build confidence and pride.
Shoot, repairing damage like that might spoil him on building forever.
And then he is left with a Frankenplane...a backup POS that will fly poorly (heavy) and be a source of embarrassment and humiliation.
OK, repair it and use it in Combat....or as a target drone.
Yes, it is- building a jigsaw puzzle. I'm curious as to why you'd call it a frankenplane? You could easily repair it, and done right, you could never tell. As for it being overweight, and a source of humiliation, I wouldn't concider an oz. or two of glue/epoxy to be overweight, and a re-built plane is definately not a source of embarassment, but rather a source of pride. "Looky here, I rebuilt it after I crashed it!" A source of embarassment would be: "Oh, er, uh, I couldn't fix it, 'cause I didn't know how/didn't want to let my credit card get cold, so I just copped out and bought another one to crash."
Fix it, you'll be glad you did.
Jetts