Ty,

I'm going to take exception with you on this. I bought the CJM Deluxe Spitfire kit back in '98 and paid big bucks for the thing. Off the top it sounded wonderful! Laser cut parts, fiberglass fuse, foam wing and it even came with CJM retracts. What a box of junk!!!!!!!!!!!

The laser cut parts looked as if they were cut with a torch freeehand, the retracts had slop galore, the instructions were abismal and customer support was minimal, at best. In all fairness, the fiberglass work was VERY good but not good enough to offset the rest of the kit's shortcomings. I struggled with this abortion for six months then sold it to a flying buddy for a fraction of what I had paid for it..............and, yes, I DID tell him the kit was junk.

I have had two sets of CJM retracts prior to this kit and neither one was what I would call "worth the price". I should have known better than to plunk down big bucks on a company that does "blacksmith" work on what should be precision-made parts. (I apologize in advance to any blacksmiths who may be reading these comments. Blacksmiths do fine work but they don't claim to do precision laser cutting, either.)

CJM will never see another dime from me.

Al