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A build from 2 years ago: Every time I have in my hands an SBS kit, I feel I am in modeling paradise. The exquisite casting, precision of detail, noble nature of the resin employed, subject appeal, treatment of the assembly sequence, instructions, accessories, the superb decals, even the sturdy box and careful packaging, ...everything is just wonderful. I said it before and will say it again: you all know I build all sorts of kits, from Frankenkits to good ones, from vacuform to resin, old to new, small to large, etc., plus my own scratchbuilding. There are incredibly awful kits and excellent ones out there, and everything in the middle, I have built all types, more than 300 of them only in the last 10 years. But this is beyond everything I have seen, touched and built before. Those who frequent these pages may be familiar with the several DH88 racers and the Farman F.190 I have built from their kits, always a treat, a pleasure, a joy. This Caudron is no different, and boy what a great kit this is. SBS incorporated some features normally present on injected kits, like holes and pegs, keys and recesses. All contributing to the alignment, sturdiness, and ease of building. It took me less than 20 minutes to separate all but the minutest parts from their casting blocks (there is no need to rush, though, and please use the right tools if you want good results and clean parts, and be careful not to mangle or lose them). Congrats, SBS, on another impeccable, beautiful, civil, well-engineered, superbly-detailed, fairly priced kit. A lot of care has been put into this one. The livery I chose -from the three available from the kit- is the plane used by Madame Finat (wife of Maurice) and pilot Reynaud to fly to Madagascar in January 1936, quite a feat. There was an article on the C.600 type on Luchtvaartkennis 2010-01, now you only have to move to the Netherlands for several years to learn Dutch in order to be able to read the magazine. Madame Denise Finat was a remarkable character, and she even run a political campaign (feminist). (You may look here:) http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/denise-finat?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=denise%20finat&family=editorial Here together with the specially modified Caudron C.610 that is posted too today: