I think the concept of the Roadkill airplanes is pretty cool,

but I would prefer not to make a warbird. Otherwise I'd just buy one of the Road Kill kits.?

From : Don Stackhouse

I can understand and respect that. In fact, my wife (who happened to pack most of the Roadkill kits in this latest batch) is a member of one of the "peace churches", and a pacifist. We've had some interesting discussions about this very subject. I personally can see valid arguments on both sides of this issue. However, the fact is that warbirds are exciting to watch, and sell very well. From a commercial standpoint with a new and innovative product, it's a safer bet. For this reason, the first group of Roadkill models were of the ever-popular WW II warbirds, and some of the next batch are as well, mainly because of some historical continuity that makes them appropriate.

However, we have literally many DOZENS of kit subjects that we're planning on for additions to the Roadkill series, and about half of those are non-military. Some of them should be coming out fairly soon. If you wait about a month or so, I think you'll see some very exciting additions to the line that should fit your desires.

If you don't want to wait that long, why not get one of the current ones and build it as a racer? The P-51, Corsair and P-38 have all been raced extensively in the Unlimited Class at Reno, and the Spitfire has been used for speed record attempts as well as for racing in the UK. With only one or two permanent felt markers, you could do Tony LeVier's bright red P-38, or Bob Hoover's bright yellow and black P-51. There are a great many spectacular non-military paint schemes possible for all four of these models.

Don Stackhouse
DJ Aerotech