I’m excited to be building this bird. I will say though, it’s a fair bit of work! Might be little much for a beginner getting into a hobby. I’ve been building models so long, I can’t exactly recall when I started! 4 decades of building is coming in handy here!

Perhaps it’s bad form, bad marketing, bad writing. Whatever.. I really don’t care, but here is the end photo from yesterdays work:

Yes, it took several hours to get to that point. It’s harder than it looks. Especially considering these kits do not come with ANY instructions. Thankfully, Will (owner of MikeysRC.com) has taken his time to document 15 10 minutes videos on how to construct one of these helis. I Just completed video #6.

Following are some snapshots I took during the construction in case you find the need to keep reading.