What a great way to start a thread! Got me rolling for a while until post 15 or so!

The more I open up vintage kits, the more I think - what's all this!? A bunch of great templates as Ed puts it!?

I suspect I'll end up doing the same with my Escape when I get around to it. In fact, I'll probably just use the supplied wood to trace over lighter stock and extend/shrink where necessary. Using lite-ply or thinner balsa with CF or FG mat seems like the way to go these days. What I'm not certain of yet is whether using CF "doublers" is actually lighter than using something like a 1/32" ply doubler. If so, is the cost/weight savings considerably higher/lower than using ply? Again, if so, something to start working with otherwise, thin ply is quite nice to work with.

In any event, this will be a great classic/modern hybrid XLT and I'm looking forward to it!

David.