Living on the northeast corner of Wisconsin - right next to the Michigan Upper Peninsula border - gives one lots of time during the snowy winter to build models while awaiting Spring. I'm currently building the Hasegawa 1/8 Fokker Dr.I Triplane (I know....I know....I should have my head checked...) and find many sins of commission and omission. This will be a multi-year build........but Hey! That's what modeling is all about. Can't agree with Hasegawa that this is a "Museum Model". More like a good basis for replacing, correcting, adding, and scratch-building. Having said this, though, I'm having great fun with the kit. I've followed two blogs of this model's build by two Brits, both of whom registered dismay at the amount of correcting necessary, and one - in typical British understatement said "I don't think I like this model."
I'm a retired U.S. Army combat helicopter pilot, professional civilian pilot for 46 years, modeler since age 6, and have written two books and over 70 articles for various publications....FineScale Modeler, IPMS/USA Quarterly Journal, Ships in Scale, Nautical Research Journal, Model Cars, Scale Auto, etc. Despite this background, I am learning quite a lot from this and other WWI forums, so....thanks for sharing, lads!
Cheers!
--Bob Steinbrunn