Being wrong is no cherry to me. BTDT many times. However please inform me what I was wrong about as far as Brodak and "Ringmaster" kits.

Page 13 of Brodak Kits list: Ringmaster S-1 (the original) sku clp-82 @ $87.99. JR. Ringmaster sku clp-83 and the 1/2A Baby Ringmaster sku# clp-84, also well over-priced for me. $10 of balsa and a tad of ply and I can make a RM S-1 in a couple nights.

So shock me!

Edited to add: There was a "Ringmaster" CL full body airplane back in the mid-late '40s. I do not remember who and I am too lazy to research it. The Sterling RM 42"was flying before I graduatedfrom High School in 1954. Kit was a whopping $2.95, no fluids.
The Jr. came out sometime then. I never was interested as I was more into real stunt and scale then, along with some FF. 9 months after H-S I qualified for USAF Avn Cadets. Things did change a bit for a few years.