I had a Midwest Magician in the mid-70s that flew great for many seasons.  I looked long and hard to find another one, but Midwest is no longer around, so all I could find was the Brodak kit, which I bought.  I thought the Midwest kit was bigger (and it is).  I'm a little disappointed with the Brodak kit though; The balsa used for the profile fuselage is extremely soft balsa, it comes with a 2 piece landing gear (vs 1 piece on the Midwest kit), and a plastic? bellcrank.  The demise of my Magician came from a structural failure of the (metal) bellcrank and/or support structure, so I'm definitely not going to trust a plastic bellcrank.  I should add that back then, we built models with tons of Titebond wood glue and covered them with silkspan and LOTS of coats of dope, so mine was probably a lot heavier than it should have been.  This kit will be covered with Monocote and will be powered by a McCoy .35 RedHead engine.  Bigger is not always better.  My old Magician was heavy, so I powered it with a Fox .40.  Even heavy and over-powered, it was the best flying U/C plane I've ever had.  It flew in strong winds when others wouldn't, and it could take a beating & kept on flying!  I fly for fun, not competition, and you can't get more fun than with the Magician!  Mike-LVRRC