Hello,

Over the past 5 years i've built a few gas trainers and electric warbirds like Modeltech's p-47 and my flying ability I think is ok, i've got like 20 hrs experience now. I'm ready for a more involved kit, definately a warbird. It's not the building that scares me as I think i've got the required skills to get through a real kit (top flite, yellow, etc) but from you guys who've built numerous birds, how do you deal with the fact that you could crash this thing on the first flight after say a month's, or years of work on it? that's whats holding me back... so on average and i know this depends on pre-flight and your ability to fly, but does everyone on average build with the expectation of something going wrong at say 10, 15, or 20 flights? and the plane being lost? or is it possible to keep these very detailed, beautiful kits safe? Knowing me i'm going to spend hours away from the wife in the garage painting rivets, weathering, etc. as I love that stuff - but the more time the more to worry about in the air!! how do you guys deal with that?

thanks.