Perhaps I'm a bit too demanding of myself, but I've failed at my effort to build a biplane. The biplane in question is the Gloster Gladiator, from a kit by Roden in 1/48. This was my first (and absolutely last) experience with Roden. The kit was next to hot garbage, from the decals to the plastic to the instructions. But I had managed to get everything together up to a point, had attached rigging to the underside of the upper wing, and then, the dreaded and most difficult part of any biplane - attaching the upper wing.
The interplane struts were fragile and too short, and then the cabanes were not fitting correctly either. I have a jig for doing biplanes - a few years ago I had attempted a couple of different Sopwith Camels, one by Eduard (1/48) and one by Revell (1/28), and both ended up under Thor's hammer. That resulted in me doing some research and finding this jig intended for properly aligning the wing, and I was able to use that jig to successfully build an Encore 1/32 German Albatros.
I figured it would be a relative piece of cake to get this Gladiator done with that jig, but the kit's imperfections caused me fits. I took a patient approach to this task ... until I was not patient, and that's when Thor's hammer returned.
Now I'm frustrated with myself over this lack of patience and with the work that I had put into this turkey.
I do have several biplanes in my stash. The old Monogram "Fighting Planes of the 30s" and a couple of boxings of the Monogram F3F, an Accurate Miniatures F3F, and a couple of Wing Nut Wings - Sopwith Camel and a German fighter (can't recall which one).
Gonna take a break. It's too dadgummed hot in my workshop right now to be doing this stuff.