ORIGINAL: outdoorhunting
How much experience does the guy have? If his budget only allows for One plane,- why in the world would it be a warbird? Warbirds are known to be kind of a handfull. I would think a war bird would BE A 3RD OT 4TH plane.
Why did he do what he did?
Because it was what he wanted. No fault there.
The H9 Warhawks I've seen flew so good there would be no reason to consider them other than sport planes that look a lot like warbirds. Matter of fact, a buddie's P40 is why I did the H9 Thunderbolt and it was why I just finished the H9 Corsair. None of them have the limitations that scale planes seem to have. They fly great. I would have no reservations with the Spitfire or Mustang of the series. It's a good group of planes. As for their being ARFs, no doubt. Close inspection and more glue. Added a layer of aircraft ply to the liteply firewall. Swapped out some hardware. Just what recent experience with ARFs has shown to be needed. Today's model builders have to learn what's pertinent today. I'm lucky because I started into ARFs with what I learned years ago. But everyone has to learn "ARF assembly" things nowadays if they're going to fly 'em.