Despite the crazy eBay price inflation of Wingnut Wing kits since the company closed down, I decided to pull one out of my stash to build. I picked the post-war DeHaviland DH.9a and built it in RAF in 1924 Iraq dress. A big bird in 1/32 scale with a simple monochrome paint scheme that would give my rigging skills a good work. This kit was typical WNW - everything fit perfect as long as paint was scrapped off of mating surfaces. I used thin EZ line and Bob’s Buckles for the rigging. I tried the heavier EZ line but it just looked too thick, something between the thin and heavy line would probably have been more appropriate. Rigging took me 3-1/2 days and definitely exercised my skills at tying knots with a pair of tweezers. The excellent Cartograph decals seemed a little on the brittle side which makes me wonder what the shelf life of the decals will be on all the WNW kits being horded these days.
A fun straight forward build I highly recommend!
