Pete, I agree with you on a lot of your points. I wish GP would also bring the 1/4 scale Pitts back. A bud has one using 50cc gas and it's so nice to fly and pretty aerobatic as well. Looks good in the air too. The DR1 is an outstanding airplane as you well know and we are both lucky to have one from GP. The GP Ryan in the military scheme is one of the best looking airplanes around. Wish they would bring them all back. BH makes some nice ARFs. Kits are great, but big kits from BUSA take so long to complete. That's where the beauty of an ARF comes in, especially when someone like you takes it and revives it as his own creation. Your work is outstanding!

I fly airplanes from 32" foamy electrics up to 1/4 scale gassers and for me everything has it's time and place. The little electrics (especially EPP foamies) are great 3d trainers. Companys like 3dhs, extreme flight, and PA all sell both e, glow, and gas airplanes. Their electrics fly as good as lots of glow airplanes I've flown/owned. I've got a few electrics up to 68" WS, glow up to 60 size, and gas on anything bigger (hate the cost of glow fuel).