RE: Are Guillow's kits any good for practice?
Nice builds, mclina, thanks for the pics! I actually took my Guillow's to a club meeting for "Show and Tell" and was heartily congratulated for completing it by some of the older, veteren model builders.
We met in the local community center where we fly small electrics in the gym after the club meeting. I decided it would be fun to launch my Lancer and see if it flew. The first flight demonstrated that I needed to add some nose weight. On the second flight, after I taped a penny to the nose former, the plane flew almost perfectly down the entire length of the gym and landed perfectly on its gear a few feet from the far wall. I got an ovation from everyone who watched the flight.
Watching something you built from sticks fly well is gratifying indeed!