In reply to the question from snake152 and aware that Jaime Johnston of the Arizona Model Aircrafters is looking in at this thread I would like to give my two pennyworth.

Snake152, unless you are a very experienced modeller I would suggest that you avoid self-build kits from the above supplier. They leave too much to the skills of the purchaser and, from personal experience, are not, in the main, complete kits. Proctor, on the other hand, produce kits which are complete except, in my case, the Alb DV, the wheels, and can be built to museum standard. The claim "Museum Quality Model" is a stupid claim to make by any manufacturer because the seller has no idea as to the skills of the purchaser.

I have the AZM 1/4 scale AVRO type D kit, as yet to be started and still in it's box. I will be able to build it to museum standard but not from the contents of the box. There are too many anomolies on the drawings which are also not accurate. The design is questionable insofar as the integrity of the structure is concerned, especially the wing section which specfies three-part ribs with cap strips from 1/8 x 1/4 spruce all to be built on a jig the parts of which are not included!!! The contents were short of many items and other materials were either incorrect according to the drawings or not of merchantable quality.

HOWEVER.................... and here one must fair and put both sides to the story, following some 62 emails to and 60 emails plus a few phone calls to and from AZM, Mr. Johnston has responded to my complaints, suggestions, comments and veiled threats by sending me numerous packages which have gone a long way to enabling me to make a start on the model. There were many reasons for the shortages, all of which I allowed to be plausable and, I hope, an honest attempt on his part, to keep me, a customer , happy. Also I did reveal early on that the build was to be the subject a review for the UK model press.

I would like to wind up by saying that I'm of mature years, 76, I meditate twice a day, never hold a grudge, maintain a sense of humour and, finally, am able to accept that my $1500 has supplied me with mental stimulation over the last five months. That is, from the time AZM debited my card in October last year to the present time.

I will build this b****y model and post pictures of it in all it's glory on this forum. So there!

Kind regards.
Don Coe

P.S.I have to be grateful, I suppose, that I'm not in the position of my good pal, Tim, who paid for his 1/3 scale DH2 six months ago and has yet to hear a dicky bird!