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Old 09-04-2009 | 12:22 PM
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Default RE: An MK 20 Size Conservation Project

Gianfry,

non so se ti aiuterebbe se scressi in Italiano ma se e cosi, mandami una riga via messaggio privato e spiegero brevemente l'oggetivo di questo projetto.

Once the heavy lifting of this project is done (CAD work is complete and prototyping of the kits is successful), the idea is to make fresh short kits of these 20 size classics. Which design will be available first we don't know yet but at the moment work is being done on the larger 32 sized Cosmos 20 and the smaller 25 sized Curare. Much of the work will also entail converting metric Japanese MK wood to N.A. imperial size wood since much of the interest and the kitting of these classics would be done here. While this might pose a bit of a problem in European metric countries, in theory all the specialized wood pieces would be provided in the short kits. Any supplemental sheet or stick wood required could be sourced from N.A. online mail order balsa companies so as to be able to complete the re-engineered models. The conversion of metric to imperial will have little or no effect on the lines of the designs.

In brief, short kits will eventually be available and would be offered to anyone interested - however, we're not quite there yet at this point in time.

I hope this helps,

David.