Iended up making a set of CADtemplates for the 4*60 wing. It all started when I wanted to make a smaller wing to fit a project I had. I had saved the old scrap from the two kits I had, so I had a set of negitives if you will. I scaned the parts that would fit on the scanner, used the scan for a back drop in Rhino, and the ploted points along the back drop, converted them to lines and faired the curves. then scaled them up to the correct size. I now have a set that will take just a few minutes time to scale to any size I want, including making the sheeting and spar cutouts to a stock size vs a Percentage of the scale. I can also print my one time use templates, IEI lay out copies of the rib templates on 3x36, 4x 36, or what size fits the needs a hand, then print these on my old Epson Photo printer that handles Roll feed. Cut the 3x or 4x sheets from the print, 77 spray the back and stick them to a sheet of balsa. Band saw then sander to the outline, then a little scroll saw work for the inside cutouts.

A lot of the Kit instructions have small parts locator drawings. These can also be scanned, and scaled to the correct size. It takes some work, but the results are great.

It would be really neet if we could build a template archive for non-comercial use. Iwould imagine some of the companies though, Great Planes for one, wouldn't like this, even though they pulled the good ole kits off the market. Ifound a Sig LT40 kit after my trip through Vagas and down to Yuma Gene. Ishipped to my granddaughter for her birthday. Itold my son that the condition of giving the kit to her was that he make a copy of the plans and the manual prior to starting construction. Humm. maybe I should tell him to save the shucks also, just in case.

Don