I can't, and will not try, to speak for Dick H., but when I was in the fiberglass pattern plane buisiness, there was at least one spot during the week that I could lay-up anything I wanted. The Tipo is a simple plane to lay up. There is no belly pan, canopy, cowl, etc. Just two fuse mold halves. Both sides of that fuse could be ready to go in the oven after about 1 hour worth of work.

If I had the time, and hadn't developed an allergy to epoxy, I'd be trying to buy up as many of these old molds as possible. Even if I only sold a couple of kits a week, it would be worth the extra modling income.

just my .02 on the subject
John