I'd like to know more details of this story, too. But I think Dumas (the boat kit maker?) in Tucson had the line after Gil Henry and Veco, then it went to to Aero. My impression is that Aero didn't last all that long, and I have heard that the tooling was getting pretty bad by then. Now, John Brodak kits the Thunderbird, Smoothie and others. Brodak even has an ARF Smoothie that is very nice. Larry Richards does several, including the Squaw, Warrior, Brave, Little T-Bird, and others. I even found a laser kit of the Dakota FF biplane at BJMR Hobbies.

Two thoughts: post the same question at the Stuka Stunt Works forum-you'll get a ton of info, I think-and write Larry at [email protected] to see what he knows. Super guy and exceptional kits.

Bob Palmer, who designed many of the Veco kits, only recently passed away. He had authenticated the work that Brodak has been doing.
Kelvin