I have in my possession a letter from Marv Reese. The letter-head says "From The Immaculately Clean Workshop of Marv R., 329 N. Milstead, Wichita, KS 67212". O.K. that's fine you say, but wait a minute. When have you ever walked into a modeler's workshop that was immaculately clean? If you did, the guy was either dead or hadn't built anything for a while, and was getting ready to sell out and leave the sport. As far as that goes, has your workshop ever been immaculately clean? Mine never has, in fact I clean it only after every phase of building a model, and only then when I can't find what I'm looking for. Then I stop, put everything back where it belongs, brush stuff off and run the shop vac. Oh, I might run the vac if it gets so bad I'm tracking stuff upstairs, and only then because I know what will happen if I don't. No, I'm sorry Marv, if your shop is that clean, I want to talk to you about buying a bridge.

Well, immaculate or not, Marv Reese has produced a marvelous plan of the Mooney M-18 sized expressly for the O.S. Gemini 1.20 to 1.60. It's slightly over quarter scale at 27%. The wing span is 87 1/4 inches, area is 992.5, and the weight is 12 to 13 pounds with flaps and retracts shown as options. At thirteen pounds, the wing loading is thirty ounces per square foot. The plan comes on two large sheets, folded in a box along with the canopy. The plans and canopy are sold as a package for $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping. This is a plan that has been developed over a five year period, and has been extensively flight tested.

The first sheet shows the fuselage right side view with formers and stringers, and the fin and rudder. Two fuse sides are built, and the formers and stringers added, then the fuse is sheeted. Fin and rudder are built up and sheeted.

The second sheet shows the right wing panel which is built up with a sheeted leading edge, and cap strips on the ribs. Flaps and ailerons are shown and are built up. This wing has 16 ribs, each one different, and a note on the plan says the designer strongly recommends cutting foam cores for the wing and stab. The stab is also shown on this sheet and is also built up. An instrument panel drawing is also shown, as are the locations of the inward retracting gear. Marv says the impace Engineering Gear should work fine.

Really zippy performance is claimed with the Gemini installed, yet very slow landings are to be had, but only if you are sure to build in the washout mentioned in the instructions. Mar z claims poor man's Mustang performance sort of like the Globe Swift. With the power to weight ratio, I don't doubt the performance a bit. This is an excellent plan of a civilian single place airplane, and should be a great flier. You did a great job Marv, even if your workshop is immaculate!