Thanks for the info guys.

I really liked the idea of the zero fighter as it is something no one at our club has or has ever mentioned. I would just buy a kit but at the moment I have too many kits to build and I really wanted a quick build to just get going. A lot of the guys at our club have corsairs or mustangs so we could get a bit of a dog fight going.

I read your comments on the bf109 and spitfire.

All I can say on the retract mount front is you must have got a good one. Yours must have been built on the day they had lots of glue coming out the end of the gun.

A member in our club wanted a good stand off spitfire and the koyosho one looked good so he got one. The undercarriage lasted two flights both landing were pretty straight forward no big bumps or bangs but on the second landing the port leg got ripped out. When we looked at it the failure was due to not enough bonding between the leg mount and the structure. There was hardly any glue in the thing at all.

This leaves a lot to be said about being able to build it yourself.

But other than that it is a good kit.

Regards Scott