RE: Picco .46 laying around
Great advice from Freakingfast...I was gone yesterday-
Sounds like you have made up your mind (good choice too) but I wanted to address your inquiry.
The Rifle was made my a member right here in RCU named "Angel". He just built a few for us folks who were interested, he is now focusing on a T-38 propjet I think.
The "Super Falcon-25" could be retro-fitted for retracts but it would be a lot of work. It is a somewhat fragile model so strength mods would need to happen also.
That Strega is slick! Pheonix Models also makes a Strega ARF for like $89 bucks, Still4given has a few that are flown with Jett-50 and YS-1.10 power. Have you considered a CF prop.? I would be nervous running a standard APC, although the pylon hubbed ones are rated pretty high RPM-wise.
Keep us posted and have fun!