Azcat:

Boy, do I remember Joe Ott kits. Never managed to finish one.

Either the paper formers would collapse when I tried to get the pine longerons to fit, the formers would get squashed (or melt from the moisture) when I shrank the tissue, or I'd just get frustrated trying to keep the blasted thing straight and stomp on it.

And then there was the Hawker Typhoon kit from Cleveland... My first power conversion, a Spitzy 0.045. Got it together, but never managed a successful flight. Didn't know enough.

Bill.