RE: Mosqitobite TriPacer going on the workbench.
Glad to hear from you again. Sorry about the Spitfire. I should have warned you about the Dave platt designed fighters. You have to love to sand to enjoy his designs. I built one of his T-28's and a T/F P-40, also one of his, and you must sand every surface. Both of those planes were completely glassed so the wood was only there to hold the shape untill the resin cooked off. They both flew pretty good considering the engines of the time. I used a Fox 60 Read head and it had plenty of power for normal flight manuvers, I rebuilt the broken Tripacer fuselage and still plan on finishing her. I got another kit and started a Pacer version. It builds the same except the landing gear is shaped a little differently. I installed a tail wheel mounting block so I would have somewhere to mount the T/W. It is going slow as I am still building the garage and I only work on the plane an hour or so at night. I will shoot the landing gear set up if any of you are interested.