{"id":3561,"date":"2020-01-14T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=3561"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T19:05:48","slug":"what-is-a-short-kit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=3561","title":{"rendered":"What is a short kit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short kit contains the parts that need to be cut to a specific shape, such as wing ribs, fuselage sides (especially wing saddles), bulkheads, and other tidbits that would cause the plane to be out of whack if not cut correctly but are tedious to cut out with a hobby knife. Here&#8217;s a photo of my short kit of the Sporty Forty biplane, taken by the guy who bought it from me. \u00a0It is notable that this kit includes the full tail of the plane, including vertical and horizontal stabilizer, elevators, and rudder. \u00a0This is not true of all kits on my list. \u00a0Some have tails built of sticks.\u00a0 If you want to know what is included in one of my short kits, send me an email and I&#8217;ll send you a JPG showing all the parts in the kit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2762\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The kit alleviates a lot of meticulous cutting, but it does not alleviate buying spars, sticks, triangle stock, sheet wood for the fuselage bottom and wings, landing gear, wheels, hardware, engine mount, and any other standard stock that might be required to finish the airplane. \u00a0Here&#8217;s my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=3735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">idea of how to make a list of materials<\/a> needed to complete the plane.<\/p>\n<p>A scratch builder has to collect all of the parts necessary for completion from diverse sources. \u00a0When you buy a short kit you are a scratch builder who pays somebody to cut out the fiddly bits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short kit contains the parts that need to be cut to a specific shape, such as wing ribs, fuselage sides (especially wing saddles), bulkheads, and other tidbits that would cause the plane to be out of whack if not &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=3561\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3561"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7044,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3561\/revisions\/7044"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}