Pieces? Some have relatively few pieces until you start sawing up the wood. The good kits come with sticks, planks, blocks and maybe (if you're lucky) some plywood. All in uncut dimensions.

We've gotten spoiled with laser cut pieces. Used to was a large number of the die cut parts were damaged and needed to be [re]made as you went.

One of my favorite builds was the Contender 60 where you get to carve the nose from large balsa blocks. Neat stuff!



Check out the sectioned Stearman wing. Even the real ones had scads of itty bitty wood pieces.