My instructions said to use contact cement. The foam melted. He has since changed the instructions. When I pointed out that they were changed, he said it had nothing to do with my pointing out that they were wrong. He said he was going to change them anyway, (the instructions) and it was a coincidence.
Anything is possible, I suppose.

He has obviously also started to "rough-out" the big blocks, also. That would have helped me a ton.

When I was trying to trim the balsa at the joints, it split up past the joint, and ruined it. I tried to salvage them by replacing the balsa with some from my local hobby shop. The new balsa trimmed beautifully, like a hot knife through warm butter. Perfect. Maybe it was fresher or something.

Good for you, yours look great. I'll never spend another penny with him.

They are not for someone with 11 thumbs, like me. I've never carved or sculpted anything in my life, because I know I can't.

He absolutely refused to do anything for me, so I learned my lesson the hard way.

Fool me once, shame on both of us and goodbye.

I used them once, and the water got all underneath the balsa and it bubbled up everywhere. Probably because the foam was so destroyed from following the instructions and using contact cement.