Brian,

there's a thread discussing the various changes that were made to produce the Great Escape. David Wood was involved in the drafting of those changes based on the designers input. I believe it involved more that just a stretch of the fuse. Spinner size was changed, vertical tail section was quite different. The fuse overall required different parts to produce it - it couldn't be built from an Escape kit alone.

I'll see when I can get to those core templates.

David.