Don,

this is simply brilliant! Please let us know when the short kit is available.

As for the smaller ones, in one word, I'm asking... If you are able to produce short kits for all 4 scales, you have your first quartet customer right here. Little Tipo's might be all the rage! I was about to order foam cores for all 4 scales and start with the smaller ones as these are the lesser known scales. Although I think a Tipo 40 (Mirare) will be great, it might be somewhat less exotic given the existence of the Curare 40 (Minare) - whom pattern aficionados are familiar with.

I'm cleaning out my workshop of a couple of almost finished projects to make room for the Tipo brotherhood . I would much appreciate it if you could send me a PM to let me know of the possibility and time frame of having short kits for all 4 scales (as well as the prices).

Before signing off, I noticed that the 10 size and 20 size versions have extremely narrow fuselages (at this scale) making it somewhat tricky to convert these models to electric power. Prop diameter is another issue with electric trikes but is something that can be managed by spinning smaller props at high rpm's (long live ballistic pattern!). At power outputs of about 300W and 500W respectively (about 125 W/lb) for the 10 (40 oz) and 20 (64 oz) size, the motors would barely fit within the width of the fuselage. Having said that, it might be worth considering slightly increasing the width of the 2 formers and the FW to accomodate internally mounted engines/motors (a la Steve Helms on his Tipo - inverted mount, internal pipe Magic style). This would also help to taper to appropriate diameters (at the moment they are just shy of desired OD's) at the nose ring for standard spinners - 1-1/2" (38mm) for the 10 size and 1-3/4" (44.5mm) for the 20 size. Don, I don't know if this is something you might want to look into for the short kits.

Many thanks, David.

P.S. I'm glad the plans are being well received!