ORIGINAL: Mustang51

I had asked Ziroli this very question a few years ago. His stance was that he didn't care who did what with his plans. Now, maybe he's changed his mind, I don't know. Could be that a lot of these copies floating around are due to his loose attitude on the matter, and guys "ran"with it.

If guys were so concerned about the designers welfare and making sure the Zirolis, and the Smiths, and the Bates, etc... got their "due", they would NOT buy plans (or copies)second hand, rather, directly from the designer. The rationale here is that a "model" has already been built from that "particular" set of plans (Just like Microsofts "Windows" and their licensing... one computer, one operating system. Not one license of "Windows XP" installed on 4 computers. Bill Gates would only be worth $40 billion then.) If 3 Ziroli Corsairs are built from one set of plans then Ziroli is out $116, and so on, and so on.

There are no bigger "Cheap Skates" on the planet then model airplane guys. We'll ***** about a hobby shop selling a bag of screws for .10 more then the hobby shop on the other side of town, then burn $1.50 in gas to go get them. What a sense less bunch. No offense meant warbird_1, but if Nick Ziroli was such a good friend. Why would you not support him and buy his plans from him, you bought plans knowing they MIGHT be copies?
Your heart was in the right place asking if they were originals... but then... you had to be modeler, didn't you?

-Mustang51