The Little World

When you are building a model in three or four different locations, it pays to view each of these workshops as a separate shop.

The real aircraft makers did this – in particular the American ones like Ford who could count on a number of plants in a general area. They assigned a particular sub-assembly to one place and others to different converted auto factories. Then they combined the result in a large erecting shop.

People could keep out of each other’s way and the delivery of raw materials or components was a lot easier.

I try to build a fuselage, two wings, and the tail assembly as separate projects. I do have to check frequently to see if the interfaces will fit, but in the end I have a handful of bits ready to combine.