Most modern engines seem to be ballraced and longer to boot. This precluded my first choice of an ASP21. Lots of power and light but it was about 15mm too long. The great Phil had stated that it may even need weight in the tail even with his selected engine, which never needed a silencer in those days either. I got hold of an Enya 19 TV which is just the right length and according to the reports I read should provide all the urge needed.
I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested in a build of this plane but it seems not to be the case. Currently I have started building the fuselage and await the delivery of some 3/8" triangle wood strip for the top of the Fuz. It seems to be built very strongly and I read someone saying they were overbuilt in those days as balsa was cheap. Personaly, I feel they were built just right. The ARF brigade ae buying planes that essentialy if the manuafacturers could supply air rather than any thing like real balsa are likely to do so in the name of profit. Even the kit price when these were in their heyday was quite high, but you get what you pay for and with ARF's you get nothing back in terms of satisfaction and the knowlege that the firewall (for instance) is not going to fall out because they never used enough hot glue. Sorry, don't like to rant on about the merrits of builiding your own but there is a whole generation it seems that have, or are losing the art of building.