I inherited a few planes from my Dad and they might have been his Dad's but everyone of them was assembled using different brands of components, they worked OK but my OCD had a bit of trouble dealing with the bitzas that they were. After picking up an LN plane for the first time and feeling the weight of it I decided that new planes weren't for me due to the weight and I was actually disappointed I could not buy a few. The only place I might see the added weight as an advantage is in a shooting plane where the mass keeps it moving. I am still using the bitzas.
Chris
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening