I've been scratch building models since I was a kid back in the days of Ambroid, silkspan, and dope. My primary inspiration has always been seeing a new shape come to fruition and fly. I've had a few original scratch built designs that looked pretty good and flew pretty well, and I've had a few that looked bizarre and did not fly worth a darned, but they were all fun and rewarding.

I have real respect for the guys that scratch build a scale model - lots of discipline and talent.

The latest coming out of the paint shop: