Thank you for your kind words, Jay.
Although I did start this project with the Formaplane kit, I didn't use any of the parts from the kit. Just the drawing. I still have the kit and may actually use it some day 
I would be very interested in your work if you were to give it a go!
John
You are very welcome John. You earned it!
Thank goodness that many of the Vac Kits have good 3-View Drawings, as that is often the only real value there.
Of course the better quality Kits often have decals, White Metal Parts, etc..
Some of the Vac Kits I have are no more than a series of blobs on a sheet of plastic, others are very well made.
I look at many of these kits as a Blank Canvas. Some are more of a challenge than others. I've picked up several when they have presented themselves.
Now a real challenge and some kits severely more frustrating than others are the "Slush Mold" produced kits by MERLIN.
I had hours of fun thinning down the wedge shaped wing on a Nieuport 11. IIRC, the wing was 3/16" thick at one end and tapered to 1/8" at the other end. I cut new ribs and they moved on occasion until I had them where I wanted them. I think the top wing finished out at 0.050" thick or less, about 3/64ths. The top was fun, but the bottom surface required making up a jig to hand drum sand it.
The tail plane went fairly smoothly, but I about lost it when I was "Fixing" the fuselage and got down to the finish to have the plastic start to peel and disintegrate on me!
I should have just scratched a new fuselage!
The nice thing about extra thick wings in a kit, on German machines, is that you can add the "Wash-Out" to the ailerons when they are absent and necessary for that build.
Off the top of my head, the KOSTER, SIERRA, and many others make respectable Vac Kits.
Cheers, Jay
P.S. I haven't played with plastic in quite awhile for reasons untold, but I do feel the urge building up!
