If memory serves me correctly, which at my age can sometimes lead to a lot of fun, I seem to remember the original Swizzle Stick as a construction article in RCM. The first one I ever saw was built from the article, but was scaled down by a friend to fit a left over wing, which is how the author/designer came to build his. Several scratch built versions showed up here and there, with all sorts of left over wings. The first kit Swizzle Stick in our area was owned by an RC newcomer who crashed his all Fiberglas semi-scale "trainer" and bought the "Stick" because it allowed him to build it quick and get back in the air. Seems too, that his was bigger than the current kit versions, but maybe it just seemed bigger as it was all white and looked like a big white bird in the air. We used it to teach a few others to fly. All this has reminded me that I have a wing and tail section left from a Morris Big Boy. I may just make an Ugly Stick fuselage to fit and use my old Fox Eagle 60 III for power. It's so easy to do, and materials are easily found. "Waste not, want not," my Mama always said.