I am glad to see that finally some are gaining interest in learning to build, or they are relearning old skills to start building again. You guys are invited to have a look at one of the big threads here on RCU. It is in the Vintage and Antique forum, titled WACO YMF. We have resurected the old Pica Waco YMF, and now that the AMA has the plans, we (The WACO Brotherhood) have donated all the parts templates to the AMA, so now when you order the plans, you get the parts templates as well. Pica never published any templates or parts drawings with their kits, so the plan was useless. Now you can cut your own kit, and the cowl and wheel pants are available from several sources (AeroFiberTech has the only one that is correct for the YMF, and all the others make the plane a UMF).

Most of us that have been building for so long are beginning to die off. We would enjoy passing along the information and the experience that we have gained over more than a half century of building flying model airplanes. I would love to see you younger guys take advantage of this expertise before we are all gone, and what we have learned and are willing to pass along is lost to the ages.

Again, Thankfully, some of you are beginning to gain interest in building. That gives me newfound gratitude in the nature of the human race, and the inability to be satisfied by owning what someone else has built. ARF's definitely have their place, but they never will replace building something from a pile of wood.

Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1