Finally ! I thought I was just about the last person on earth that liked civil scale . You know, civil scale was THE thing back in the 1970's when I started. The mags were full of construction articles of civil scale. They covered the stuff you might see at any airport now to the famous historic planes.

Gee, I can't believe I would actually recommend a CUB , but they are a good place to start. And I suppose everyone is required to have at least one in their lifetime. There is a good Decathlon kit, Great Planes , I believe. Its actually a fairly hot ship. ANd I think SIg still shows their Citabria on their website. Sigs are good kits. They have good wood and they are a reputable company that has been around for a very long time. Glen and HAzel Sig were like the hobby's Godparrents when I started flying. In fact, I'm building Glen Sig's Bonanza right now. The Bonanza is out of production.

Jack Stafford kits are great, very scale civil kits. The Ercoupe, Commanche and Rearwind, Twin Commanche and the new giant Mooney are very fine kits. However thess are a bit difficult to build. They probably wouldn't be suitable for your second kit. Stafford has gone out of business and come back a few times. So its a good idea to stash them away.

You can find the old OOP civil kits on ebay. Have you ever watched the Barret Jackson collector car auctions ? Well, thats the OOP civil kits on Ebay. They get good money for them. The good kits that were made by reputable companies and are being sold buy reputable Ebay sellers, fetch several hundred dollars. And there is alot of junk on Ebay also. So I wouldn't recommend shopping there until you learn witch kits were the good ones.

Well, good luck. I hope to hear about your new project soon.