I bought Amodel’s Voyager many years ago and was really disappointed in the overly wide fuselage. The kit was also very rough and chunky looking. Now Sova-M brings us a new kit of Rutan’s amazing Voyager.
Although I consider Sova-M, Amodel, Modelsvit and a few other Ukrainian kit manufacturers closely related (someone correct me if I am mistaken), this kit is fortunately all-new and has no relation to the older kit.
The fine detail still looks chunky, but overall it looks much better than the Amodel kit. Perhaps the canopy would benefit from a vacform replacement, and the cabin side windows should have squarer corners. I need to exhume the Amodel kit and my notes on the Voyager and do a comparison.
This is the book I believe I read that inspired me to seek out a kit of the Voyager:
Voyager Richard Rutan, Jeana Yeager & Phil Patton Illustrated HB/DJ Book Signed | eBay
It was an interesting read, as it traced the planning, construction, testing and record-breaking flight of the Voyager. My only caveat is that old adage about not learning too much about your heroes. But then, I think it is the same for any famous personality who accomplished great things - they are in the end human just like the rest of us.