Hi Mr. Ringmaster (could not find your real name)
I had the pleasure of spending a few days with Tom in his shop in Anniston back a few years ago and he taught me how to build Millenium Wings and since then I have built quite a few. Steve was right, Tom originally cut the rib strips to build ribs from, then he came up with the Lincoln Log Wing and that evolved into the Millenium Wing that he now builds using 1/4" wide rib slices. It makes an extremely light wing and I usually fully sheet them but it is not necessary. However, due to the construction of the leading and trailing edge of this type of wing, it is intended to be used on airplanes with flaps. Tom does build a Ringmaster but uses an entirely different type of rib on it. He does not construct it using rib slices. In fact, any flapless model he builds has a full rib he developed. If you really are interested in learing to build these I beam wings using his Millenium technology or better, call Tom and see if he has any of his Tom's Building Tips books left. If not, I have a lot of pictures saved on flashdrives I can dig out and send to you.
Mike