go figure..I think this is becoming a contest to see who builds the best WWI fighter

The fact that we're getting WW I subjects as winners is testament to the excellent job our modellers do on them (and in some part to the superlative quality of Wingnut Wings kits).

This is data from 2013: LINK "-aeroscale is not a strong First World War forum. Only 8 of 61 entries is WWI. And only ten fall into early aviation as a whole. This does not reflect the facts. (just take a look at the post count in the early category) But it may suggest that the stringers should come out and play more. " Credit to: raypalmer (Richard West), from comment on Jessica's 2013 MOM Retrospective "If you build it, they will come" Early Aviation Sub-Forum also covers about a quarter of aviation history's timeline. There is a myriad of aircraft designs that never saw the day of light in scale form and would probably never see without modeler's interest. It's worth a lengthy that about every paper panzer or Luftwaffe 1946 fantasy is created in about every scale, while a large percentage of WWI aircraft that were actually built, produced in numbers and flown are swept under the rug of "Triplane Vs Nieuport" show.

Initially these were my sentiments as well, however upon reflection, I think that WW1 subjects are simply appreciated by model makers for the tremendous amount of work that needs to go into them to make them 'look right'. With a raft of potential pitfalls - is there anything that looks worst on a model than loose or slack biplane rigging or a twisted u/c unit? - they simply require (IMHO) more work to make them look the finished item. Also, a multitude of effects, i.e. canvas, dope, wood, brass, leather, castor oil and fuel staining etc all have to be replicated in paint and then 'brought together' in balance. And before anyone suggests "Wingnuts Wings" kits build themselves and anyone can produce a wining model from them; whilst a marvel of the toolmakers art, they still require careful assembly and a skilled hand with a paint or air brush to bring them to life and do them justice in order to compete at MOTM level. Bottom line, all those in the top 3 were worthy potential winners but ultimately, it was democratic and free voting from their peers on this site that decided the winner(s). Congratulations to all and a worthy winner for April MOTM. Gary