Gentlemen,

thanks for your overwhelming response! Much appreciated.

I'm also glad to see that the finishing scheme evokes the same sort of reaction I had when I first got a peek at GP's 1982 catalog. I had my kit, I had a 1x2 tiny picture of what she was supposed to look like in colour and then I thought: one day I'll build a Tipo to look like that!

That was 27 years ago. I was 15 and had no idea how to build a pattern plane. Before first frost, I hope to have one of two Big Daddy Tipo's finished in an albeit different scheme. The second one will be done all in paint in this scheme.

I'm heading to put a pushrod together.

David.

P.S. Somehow, I now wish there was a retracted landing gear underneath her... good excuse to eventually build another... right Andy? [8D]

P.S.2. The mustard yellow must be an optical illusion (beside the orange and red). Even in this snap it appears darker than it is!