I speak for nobody but myself when I say this, but I find it really annoying when manufacturers come along and do the whole "mine is better/bigger/longer than yours bit". By all means show your fuselage against the scale drawing, but is it really necessary to show that of another manufacturer? Coming from a manufacturer this is hardly objective.

I speak for nobody but myself when I say this, but I find it really annoying when manufacturers come along and do the whole "mine is better/bigger/longer than yours bit". By all means show your fuselage against the scale drawing, but is it really necessary to show that of another manufacturer? Coming from a manufacturer this is hardly objective.

Funny how the original post makes no mention of the way underscale engine on the Trumpeter kit, seeing as he's so interested in dimensional accuracy. It has other problems too, but i'm not interested.

Drawings are worthless. Even manufacturers put out incorrect drawings, i know this because i've had to deal with them for so long. Photos are no good either because you can never truly confirm the exact profile (no Gaston you really can't), even a degree off a perfect side on photo makes a difference. And taking measurements off real surviving airframes isn't perfect either, because most have been repaired or restored...and despite what restorers tell you their art is not perfect (despite what they may tell you Gaston, they're just trying to make you go away). Aircraft are not perfect. You can try to take parts off one airframe to get another one flying, only to find that they don't even fit, sometimes not even close.

Aircraft are crudely made rubbish (i really do hate them), only made to perform a function for a certain time. You're trying to make perfect scale replicas of machines that in real life are less perfect than the car you drive. I know that hurts people that truly love anything with wings (incidentally we jokingly call them "aerosexuals" in the industry), but it's true.

I just love building models.

"Just built it"