OK... we'll start out with my favorite picture first. The weld on the elevator control horn.



Next up is the tight fit of the laser cut parts. These are the servo mounts that go inside the nacelles. I am actually happy with these parts.




Here's the weld on the pull- pull horn for the rudder/ tail wheel. I'm unable to break it like the elevator, but it still scares me just the same.



Quality blending of the spinner line into the nacelle. Not so quality dye match.



Here's the landing gear. It's kind of hard to see in this pic, but you'll notice how the wheel isn't aligned with the rails. Also note the ridgid structure and farm- quality welds.




Paint on the canopy is really red electrical tape.



Hinge slots cut with a butter knife.



Thickness at wing tip.



Root thickness isn't a whole lot, uh, thicker.



Chord at wing tip. I guess landings will be a bit spicey. Please note the duct tape hinges are patented, and I've submitted my improvement to ASM. Look for them on future DH-88s!



Micro or $60 Hitec flat servos will be needed for the ailerons.



Nice soft balsa block holding the wing alignment dowel in place.



Fiberglass tube for the aluminum joiner tube. The fit between the fiberglass tube and the aluminum tube is very tight.



Looking from nose to tail.



Tail feather fillets in the plastic fuselage. They fit nicely.



Misaligned wing mounting holes.



You can see where the flaps and flap servo goes. Please note the hatch towards the nose. The color difference between it and the fuselage isn't a slight of camera.



Rear nacelle hold down bolt structure.



LG mounting blocks. They're slotted in the instructions for landing gear alignment, but no slots in the kit. Couple that with the crooked gear, and I'm not sure ground handling would be that great. Please note the solid glue fillets and lack of butt joints.



Here's some "scale details" on the nacelles. Notice how the paint thins out over the details, turning them dark. Many of the rivets are like this too.



Here's the best shot I could get of the visible weave and dust in the paint on the nacelles.



One of the nacelle mounting bolts bottoms out on the shank of the bolt where the thread stops, preventing the nacelle from being pulled tight against the wing. New bolts should cure this.



While I'm nit picking, there are some very nice lines on this model, this trailing edge fillet being one of them.



Here you can see the "scale detail" of the rivets and panel lines. You can also see the seam where the two fuselage halfs were joined.