Pardon, my ignorance  I understand RTF but what is a PDQ kit?

Ok, I guess I'll have to look up to see what the rul;es for leprachaun is. I thought that baby clown and baby ringmaster were kits. Not neccesarily scaled down versions but maybe the topflite baby ringmaster is some scaled down version ? anybody know for sure?
I am just curious on their origins.

The Top Flite Baby Ringmaster and PDQ Baby Clown were both kits in the Classic era.  Thus the originals are Leprechaun legal.

I was told by Dave Braun (who engineered the Brodak kits) that he used an original kit to copy.  However, he showed me the kit and I had my Baby Clown ARF to compare, and there is little resemblance. 

If enough people plead the case that I should make an exception and keep the Brodak BC as legal, I will.  I'll grumble, and won't fly mine as a Leprechaun, but I'll keep it.  You guys vote on it, then I'll make a unilateral decision.     It is still perfectly acceptable for 1cc competition, of course, but I really want to keep the Leprehaun trophy "honest".

The Brodak Baby Flite Streak is 15 sq.in. bigger than the Top Flite Version, but it has been signed off by George Aldrich as being true to his original, pre-kit design.  I ain't about to dis ol' George!

It may well have been sterling. I just meant that the 1/2A kits were meant as versions of larger designs for a 1/2 a engine. Though I was unaware of any particular scale for them. one might impy  that the lil jumpin bean is a scaled down shoestring stunter.
But its a stretch.

Larry,

From what I've read, PDQ couldn't produce their own kits accurately and had different production runs with differences between each one. Is there a difference between the baby clown kit and the baby clown ARF/ARC? I know that there shouldn't be any dimensional differences but you never know!

I could go either way on the baby clown legality for leprechaun even though I've had some luck flying a pretty good pattern with one. I'll probably opt for the baby flight streak at least until I get a twin ready for leprechaun.

Stan

After much discussion, I have decided to "Grandfather" in the Brodak Baby Clown as acceptable for Leprechaun trophies.  My reasoning is that there is a whole bunch of them that have already competed (including two of my own) and that although it will beat the sox off a "real" Baby Clown, it is no threat to something like the Baby Flite Streak and other, more capable designs. 

Thanks to all for your input.