Hi guys I'm new here and I tell you what this thread is making me feel a bit more excited about my new purchase of a Clipped Wing.

Here's what happened... About 3 weeks ago bought a DPM Clipped Wing Super Cub. I had heard so much about his Super Cub in magazine advertorials, I had to have one. This was a pretty big call as I live in Australia and the cost of the kit and freight added up to $1,300 AUD, which would have to be the most expensive ARTF in Australia.

Dave was out of stock for well over 6 months and I managed to find an online shop Esprit Models. who still had a few 'white' ones in stock. They were great to deal with and had it on my doorstep within 5 days. That's were the excitement ended.

The first thing I noticed was to poor attempt of covering. Edges where not even, with some overlap going from 5mm to 10mm and back on the same join. To be honest although I don't want to, I will have to recover the fuselage and one wing.

The next thing I noticed was a 5cm x 5cm dint in the wing, next to the root. At first I thought it was damaged in freight. At closer inspection, I realised the dint was from a rotten piece of balsa. The balsa was so rotten and dark, a chimp could have even noticed it in the construction stage.

I wrote an email to the shop I bought it from, there exact words were " Unfortunately this sounds like Dave Patrick modelsSome of his planes are flawless some have all kinds of issues."

As you can see I'm very disappointed. [] But I feel the best thing is to put it all aside and try to make the best of a bad circumstance. I will be building my Cub slowly over the next 6 months (our winter) and I'll be sharing my experiences and posting each stage.

Cheers,

James