ORIGINAL: pimmnz
Actually, the fact that you like the look of the plane is usually the reason for building it. If you like the TBX-1, then go for it. If you want to compete with it, then do...In SPA you don't have to win, you can't change the history anyway, nor disprove what happened, though I know of at least one who would like to...Naa, it would be too boring to build one of three certain winners, and life is too short not to enjoy your modelling. Heck, I still fly my Orion against the 2M guys, and I can consistently beat a few of them with it too. I reckon you need to flood the SPA scene with all sorts of different models, and .40 two strokes, just to make/keep the thing interesting. Lets see Taurus vs Nimbus, King Altair up against a Thunderstormer, and nothing bigger than a 2s .60 in any of them. .60's in Orions, Taurus etc should be banned nothing bigger than a .45 in anything before 1965! Shift peoples perspectives.
Evan.
If you want to compete with it, then do...In SPA you don't have to win, you can't change the history anyway, nor disprove what happened.....
.... it would be too boring to build one of three certain winners, and life is too short not to enjoy your modelling.....
Evan....I basically understand what you're saying, and it sounds good at first glance, but that's not what SPA is about. We do that more in the "Antique" class, (pre-1967). Still, SPA is basically about COMPETITION WITH vintage planes, with the planes as a means of competition. Everyone tries to do the best they can, and be as competitive as they can in that particular contest...it's not about trying to rewrite history...it's a competition among the pilots that day, (as it was back then). Even if you build a "certain winner", somebody still has to fly the plane and as Kaz said, competition is 65% pilot, and only 35% airplane. When I fly SPA, I want to have a plane that will give me the best chance of doing the best I can...it's not a "fun fly".
There is a little difference in perspective between us, but that's OK.