Saw this on ebay.. Glad to see there is forward thinking going on at Guillow's.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laser-Cut-Messerschmitt-BF-109-New-Guillow-401LC-Flying-Balsa-Model-Kit-Project-/400761279861?pt=Radio_Control_Vehicles&hash=item5d4f3bd575

Douglas I read the box and this is a die-cut kit.

  No, it's laser cut, notice the badge under the belly of the airplane.Guillow's has been laser cutting some kits for several years now. They started with the large WW-1 models, then when the released the three new kits they came out with a couple of years ago, (the DeHavilland Beaver, Pilatus Porter, and Edge 540) they were laser cut from the beginning. They have a non-flying model of the Wright Flyer that is laser cut.In the last year or so, they have been laser cutting the large 24" wingspan WW-2 models. I think that as they run out of die crunched kit inventory, they switch to laser cutting. They just didn't do a complete re-edit of all of the box art and copy on some of the kits. I got as pretty good collection of current and vintage Guillow's kits. Definitely a big part of model airplane history.
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

On the kits I have seen, the laser cut versions use decent lightweight wood unlike the die crunched oak of yesteryear. You can actually fly the laser cut models, unlike the die cut version!

Andrew.

 WOW! Did hell just freeze over? 

Thanks Dan!  Very good to know. How do you guys cover these kits and what do you use to adhere the covering? What power?
For the past year I have been so busy at work that I have no time to fly but I can build in the late evenings, so I am building some planes for the grand kids.  The Guillow kits might really appeal to my oldest...my only one interested in building/putting things together.
Thanks fellas,
Steve

    Guillow's kits can be built several ways, as can most small kits. It just depends on how much work you want to put into it, and what method of power you are going to use. Years ago at a local indoor session, Tom Stark had two models of the Douglas Dauntless from the Comet kit. One was built as per plans and instructions supplied with the kit, and kit wood. Nice looking model and it flew OK. Then he had another one that was lightened considerably! Contest wood, lightened structure throughout, less detail and finish. It flew more than double the duration.
   The advantage of the Guillow's kits is the extra vacu-formed details that you can use or discard as you see fit. To build one for C/L scale requires some extra wood, engineering and effort. Chris McMillin and his son Jeremiah did the large Focke-Wulf 190 from the Guillow's large WW-2 line for Jeremiah to fly in Scale at the NATS one year. It was powered by a Fuji .09 as I recall, with a 3 line control system for throttle. They added some thin planking to the fuselage and wings where it was needed and the paint job was Tamiya acrylics with DuPont 380 clear over it. It came out quite nice and flew quite well and I think Jeremiah won or at least placed in Junior Scale at the NATS that year. I hope Chris sees this and fills in where I may have remembered things wrong.
   The Guillow's kits are just like any other kit, your result is a direct reflection of how much work you put into it.. You just have to know what you are going to do with it when you crack open the shrink wrap on one. Either make it a super detailed display model, which they do quite nicely for, or  to the other end of the spectrum, a nice, light flying model.
   Type at you later,
     Dan McEntee

Just to clarify my comments. The small WW2 kits are a real challenge to make fly on rubber. You need to relace all the wood with contest grade balsa AND you need to know what you are doing when you trim them!
The larger models are much less of a challenge, but build light and you still need some basic trimming experience. There are two non scale models in the smaller series that actually fly very well indeed on Cox O.O2reed valve engines.

Andrew.