Well, I don't know for a fact that it is the same, but I do know that when Great Planes bought out Bridi, the quality went to crap. For example, I bought a Dirty Birdy .40 from Great Planes and the kit was missing pieces, had ribs cut too short, etc. There was very little right about the kit. Previous to that, every kit that I bought from Bridi (including the RCM Trainer 40) were all top notch kits.

Anyway, to answer your question, I don't know if it was the same plane or not, but from your description it sounds like it. Does the first model on this page look familiar?

http://www.airfieldmodels.com/galler...eous/index.htm