four stars are GREAT kit bashers ! you can make so many different looks without changing the flying charateristics....its a reasonable price kit to start with. I have heard they even make good 3d planes if you lose a bay in each wing and increase the control surface throws..

I don't have any pictures but I have built a nice me109 version out of a four star 40, a spitfire version (with a friend, it was even on a sig calendar), and also a 60 sized hawker typhoon. All three fly great ...I think a parasol winged plane would work well..and I am sure a mid or shoulder wing would, because the midstar flies excellent.

I also have mounted wire landing gear in the wings on mine, and I think they even have a bit better ground handling that way.

my me109 has a parachute and water ballon drop rigged up, and works great.. All though I will warn you, if you try to take up a gi joe sized parachutist hang on ! the wing loading on my fp 40 powered 4 star fourty was in the DANGER zone! And the poor parachutist got some nasty road rash dragging on the runway at takeoff, ha ha

Right now I have a partially built 4 star 60 I aquired from a friend, i rounded the wing tips, and might build it as a 30's era racing plane...who knows? I have so many other planes in various stages of construction...