I built the Great Planes Corsair as well. It's great for cutting your Warbird teeth, more experience never hurts before jumping into the Top Flite and you can have an everyday flier/beater with the Great Planes Corsair, since you might not always want to risk the Top Flite you spent so much time on. I built and covered the Great Planes in about a month working on it casually (except the weekend when Hurrican Ike passed overhead, there was nothing to do except work on it). Like Carrell said it's not "true" scale, but looks more than authentic, especially in the air, everyone knows what it is. It's also a very easy and enjoyable flier. I'd have no second thoughts about building another one should the gremlins smite this one. I enjoyed it greatly.