mosquitto

[rayd]

Humorous one here? Maybe..or not. Mosquitto you say? Yes, I know this was a fine plane. Ok, next,I bought a "new" vintage Guillows DeHavilland DH-4 on ebay. Sealed in plastic the ad said, just a couple rips in the plastic. Hmm...ok, I wanted this to build, not collect...price was reasonable. But, I did wonder about the couple of spots I saw in pix seemingly beneath the torn cellophane areas. I had an odd uncomfortable idea/feeling after the purchase though.

Package arrives, I slowly open....yup, a few small dead insects beneath cellophane. The better half, being super meticulous bug fearing type would go ballistic if she saw, so I hurried box into basement, removed cello and inspected. Seemed just a couple deceased crawlers, cupboard maybe, or another's basement, but contents ok....yet, I keep box in basement, just in case. I gave no feedback, didn't care to possibly embarrass. So, what does this mean? Dunno...but look carefully at pix of "stuff" you buy....if such things bother someone in your household, it might drive you...well, bugs.

[Steve Blanchard]

Were they cockroaches? Other than that I don't think it would be worth commenting about to the seller. But if it were roaches then I think it would be a nice gesture to let them know as privately as possible that they may have an issue. Bugs are bugs. For most people there is an understanding that they are all around us at all times and there is nothing we can do about it and really nothing to be afraid of. I hope you are successful keeping these little secrets from your wife.

[Bill Gaylord]

Humorous one here? Maybe..or not. Mosquitto you say? Yes, I know this was a fine plane. Ok, next,I bought a "new" vintage Guillows DeHavilland DH-4 on ebay. Sealed in plastic the ad said, just a couple rips in the plastic. Hmm...ok, I wanted this to build, not collect...price was reasonable. But, I did wonder about the couple of spots I saw in pix seemingly beneath the torn cellophane areas. I had an odd uncomfortable idea/feeling after the purchase though.

Package arrives, I slowly open....yup, a few small dead insects beneath cellophane. The better half, being super meticulous bug fearing type would go ballistic if she saw, so I hurried box into basement, removed cello and inspected. Seemed just a couple deceased crawlers, cupboard maybe, or another's basement, but contents ok....yet, I keep box in basement, just in case. I gave no feedback, didn't care to possibly embarrass. So, what does this mean? Dunno...but look carefully at pix of "stuff" you buy....if such things bother someone in your household, it might drive you...well, bugs.

I've always been leery of the "still in shink wrap" models, as some day some scammer may inevitably do a good job of shrink wrapping a box full of junk, making it appear to be NIB. As long as the actual kit's in there, I guess you still did okay with a few added bugs, free of charge.

[Mitch]

Not a Mosquitto, but similar.

They had a new event at WESTFAC called "Double Trouble"
Notice the "blast tube" in use...In case engine explodes on winding the model is saved... This is removed before hooking on the prop. You can also see how few wing ribs are used.

Some planes have counter rotating props (hand made props) some have both motors turning the same direction, they wind the Stbd motor more, so the initial burst keeps the model out of a spin.

I myself am NOT ready for "double trouble" yet but plan to do so in the future...

Here is another twin... With twin booms (Longer rubber) I believe this guy won the contest.

It is very impressive to see these planes fly...

These models are very light... typical weight for a model the size of my FW (100g) or my third place Me109 (80g)... there models... about 40 GRAMS!