JPTRR
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#051
Tennessee, United States
Joined: December 21, 2002
KitMaker: 7,772 posts
AeroScale: 3,175 posts
Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012 - 02:49 AM UTC
Hello Group,
A KitMaker member is starting his foray into our wonderful world of wingie-thingies with the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire MK1Xc. He writes that he has
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...NO experience with model planes WHATSOEVER so I would be happy for any guidance or reference I can get before I start.
What help can we give him?
If they demand your loyalty, give them integrity; if they demand integrity, give them your loyalty.--Col John Boyd, USAF
“Any plan where you lose your hat is a bad plan.”
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: November 06, 2005
KitMaker: 1,667 posts
AeroScale: 1,551 posts
Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012 - 04:09 AM UTC
Simple starter is to read the instructions twice fully... then read them again.
A failsafe while building is to tick everything off on the instruction sheet as you go.
Keith
Still can't cure the AMS even with sausage finger implants & olde eyes.
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012 - 06:17 AM UTC
This thread may be a little intimidating, but it's got lots of good detail about building the kit.
When once you have tasted flight you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
-Leonardo Da Vinci
