Vic,

Sorry for being so slow to send pictures. My camera was stolen out of my car while on vacation to Charleston last month. I am shopping for a new one and will send shots as soon as I figure out how to use it.

It is great to see more folks building the Puppeteer. It isn't a Pup but can be make to resemble one without much effort. I think I may have posted some of my mods in an earlier thread but am not sure. Here are some of the things I have done to mine.

1. I to ripped the Solortex for the rib stitching. It real Pup were not uniformly cut.
2. I modified my gear for shock absorption
3. I laminated the front and rear with 1/16" spruce "rounded on the front and back" for a better effect. I then painted them with a wood looking paint.
4. I made the landing gear taller. This required binding entirely new wire. The Puppeteer sits too low.
5. I mounted my vertical stabilizer on wooden dowels to look like the real Pup. I have seen only one Balsa USA Pup done correctly. They show nothing about this on their plans.
6. I made a plywood skid. The wire skid looks terrible.
7. I tried to roughly duplicate the open structure on the tail end of the fuselage. Mine is not scale but looks better than ignoring it completely.
8. I did not use any pushrods. I used Kevlar for pull-pull on both the rudder and elevator. I also used Kevlar for all wing wires. Works and looks great.
9. I simply found the best looking and size type on my computer for the lettering on the vertical stabilizer. I then used ink jet decal paper. Not real happy with the finished look. Works just ok.
10. I fabricated an open area just above and in front of the pilot.
11. I fabricated control cable pulleys in the leading edges of the wings. The shot shown does not reflect the finished product. This detail is not included in the Balsa USA plans.

I hope my changes do not insult anyone being they are all "stand way off scale".

Jim Walton