I had an idea . A couple club members and myself have decided to build a little squadron of Fokker Eindeckers for next year. Looking through Balsa USA the .60-.90 size Fokker goes for around 150.00 give or take a few dollars plus shipping. I got to thinking about a Giant size scale Ugly stick I saw that had been modified to look like an Eindecker, it looked great more expensive for what I had in mind. I'm a cheatskate ).
I built a .60 size Tower Hobbies Uproar a couple years back. Hmm, since the uproar is very similiar to an uglystick except its a taildragger, and a Ugly stick is very silmiar to an Eindecker how about just kit bashing an Uproar .60 to look like a Eindecker.
1.) Redo the Uproars tail section to mimic the Eindecker.
2.) Fabricate wire landing gear to match Eindecker.
3.) Fabricate a cowl, ( perhaps that Dial hand soap refill bottle would make a good one, I still have my .60 Uproar plans in the shop)
4.) Since the uproars wing span is just a hair under 62" and the to be a 1/4 scale Eindecker I would need to stretch the uproars wing by about 5" on each side, no problem. And while I'm at it I could add wingtips to dress it up like an Eindecker.
5.) Since the .60 Uproar doesn't come with a canopy which the Eindecker doesn't have either I could fabricate a little windshield with ease.
6.) Make a machine gun out of a spare dowel.
7.) Cut 2 wooden wheels (around 4") out of some spare 1/8" plywood I got lying around the shop, spilt some leftover vacuum hose and glue it over the wheels, drill out the center and paint them.
9. ) Buy a pilot, and here you have a Kit bashed Uproar made into an Eindecker.

What do you think ? I'm considering it as a winter project. I know its still a few months off but I'm still in the planning stage. I may just brake sown and buy the Balsa USA kit but this would be fun to try !