The canopies of the Cosmos and Curare were sent to Rick (FreeBird) today so that he can do his magic with them. If anyone else who has a 20 size classic MK kit would like to have the canopy duplicated, Rick is generously offering to do this work as a contribution to the project. Having a duplicate of the original canopy seems to me like a good idea even in the absence of this project as it could be replaced in the event of a crack.

Please contact Rick via PM (or email) if you're interested.

In other news, I'm still working on tracings despite the shortage of time recently.

I'd like to thank again those who've helped to support this project so far both financially and through volunteer work. I believe I've sent PM's with PP info to all those who've asked. If you'd like to contribute a donation and haven't received a PM from me, please let me know. All funds are going into a "project pool" to help offset expenses incurred by those directly involved. Much of this is expected to go into shipping expenses as well as perhaps, if funds allow, into the prototyping of the first kits. I'm hoping, with the help from Pedro, to be able to prototype three designs initially - the Cosmos, Curare and Magic. The primary concern will be the conversion of the designs from metric sized wood to imperial sized wood.

Thanks, David.