Race,

Yeah, after I bought ther MVVS 91 I sat it on the shelf in the living room and sat there looking at it until I finished the model. Got some comments about that, I can tell you. That might be sad but you have to cherish the moments...

As to the engine - it eats up silencers (mainly because the MVVS quiet silencer is inadequate rivetted tin plate), has this odd tendency to cut-out on rare but random occasions (that's in all different models with different tank set-ups - one with a perry pump) and can sometimes be a pig to start (I don't use electric starters). It does, however have loads of character and goes like a good-un. And it's still barely run-in.

It's these characteristics that I find appealing because, from time to time it needs "sortin'".

The ASPs I have are excellent engines: you bolt them in the plane and that's it. They start immediately, are extremely reliable, but you don't have to touch them after that. They are like Honda motorcycles - difficult to get a relationship going.

What price perfection...

Mick.