Hi Bob!
Welcome back to getting dizzy and the whine of .049's. Like you, I'm starting back at it after quite a layoff (nearly 30 years), but I've been busy on Ebay collecting the noisy bits. As to plans, I am *not* going to spend $30 for a Goldberg Lil Jumpin' Bean that I bought in '73 for $12.
If you are ging to start with flat wing profiles, I'd suggest that you cruise the web, find a 3-view of a subject with fairly straight lines and pleasing to the eye with decent wing area. Take it to Kinkos or, if you have access to a copier that enlarges, do it yourself until you have something in the 22" span. My choice for a return project is a North American T-28 Trojan which I want to develop from .049 all the way up to .35 and possibly a carrier version which I have never tried as a U/C class to fool around with.
By the way, if you are going to keep up with this return to the hobby, you will find a small bandsaw invaluable!
Good luck!
Troy
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