ORIGINAL: PilotFighter
Build........................ To form by combining material or parts ; construct
Assemble................. To fit together the parts or pieces of
After researching the definitions of these two words, I find that neither word sufficiently describes "kit built" or "scratch built" or "plans built". So, for the sake of clarity, can we all please agree to stay with the accepted terminology.
NO! Your accepted terminology is not the accepted terminology of this hobby. Mirriam Webster did not build Model Airplanes. Why not accept the definitions that someone such Jim Messer or other top flight builders of multiple generations accepts. You are flying in the face of tradition. Traditionally, if you scratch build, you draw the plan, cut your parts and build. If you plans build, you buy your plan, or copy them or borrow them. You cut your parts and build. If you kit build, you purchase the plans and parts and build. You assemble ARF's.
I have never seen a model built from Ziroli plans that didn't call the model a Ziroli Corsair or whatever. You don't scratch buiild using someone elses plans. Never have, never will.
Bill, AMA 4720