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Old 10-31-2005 | 11:24 AM
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CafeenMan
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Default RE: SR Eindecker

I'm about a week from finishing the one I'm building. I'll have a complete write-up on my site when it's finished. I have a lot to say about it.

What I can tell you in advance of building it. The kit is excellent and recommended. But it's not perfect.

1) If you want to do a good job on it, the 2 weeks SR says it can be built in isn't at all accurate. I have several hundred hours in mine.

2) Lots of laminating. I think the kit shows the limitations of laser cutting. Some parts could have been cut from the correct thickness wood if they were willing to not laser cut some of the kit parts.

This is where mine is at now. The photo with the wings on is from a couple weeks ago. The entire plane is clear coated with matte clear. All that is left to do is finish the machine gun, glue on the cockpit combing (I painted it - black is the wrong color) and then final assembly.

The pilot's eyebrows need some work too.
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