Congrats to my friend Jim Landon on the completion of his 1/16th Salmson.He has already taken home a couple of Best of Show awards. (see
www.wwi-models.org)
He has begun a 1/16th model expo Nieuport which he confirms is not a very good kit.That is why I never finished it myself(I got sucked in by the radial engine)In my Nieuport diorama I did the minimum possible and luckily it worked out OK. Jim is used to scratchbuilding so I have no doubt that he will make something out of it.Ken Foran also built this kit and he had the same bad experience.I definitely to not recommend this kit to the inexperienced.I hate to think of the number of new modelers who may have been turned off 1/16th by this kit. Cheers! John.
