. Ramrod was built VERY quickly, flown and lost on the first trim flight 
! I was SURE that the Jetstream would be forthcoming! The hobby shop had sold out the two kits it had and was not expecting more for the rest of the year, so I THOUGHT that the next trip to Laredo or McAllen would bring relief... Sixty (60!) years later I scored this original Midwest kit up on the German 'Bay for a song, the owner stating that it had been sitting on his shelf since 1960 or 61 and he was now too old to do it justice.
The wood was still in very good shape, tho a bit on the heavy side, and the die-cut parts punched out with minimal use of the scalpel. The only major fly in the soup was with the symmetry of the fuselage bottom. Plan shows a very basic, fixed towhook that I'll swap for an adjustable one, and a fuse DT that is illegal over here - a mechanical one will be used (or maybe on of the modern electronic types). I've gotten the fuselage nearly framed up and will post photos as I go along.
), with density probably in the 7 lb range. Went together quite nicely.
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