That is a beautiful Ringmaster!!! I remember building, at one time, a Ringmaster together with an old friend, circa 1971-72. We built them in 4 hrs one night, in his house. We were amazed at 5 min. epoxy then. With Ambroid, Solarfilm and epoxy, we flew the next morning!I am searching for a Ringmaster to build but they are going for +$100 on E#@Y!!!! If I can, I'll do the flyathon...
[/i]Gee, Don't buy a Ringmaster to BUILD off of Ebay. Those old kits had terrible wood. People run up the price because they think that the old kits are collectible.I will attach a file for a public domain Ringmaster S-1 plan that you can take to your local copy shop or office supply and print a full sized plan. The plan has all the ribs and parts full sized. You can get Eric Rule at RSM Distribution to cut you a set of ribs if you don't want to cut your own . http://www.rsmdistribution.com/index-2.htmThe whole plane should come in at at under $50 or even less if you have some good balsa just sitting around that you can use.