Airacobra wrote> "...I think Tom McClain built one. "
Keith,
I don't know if Tom McClain ever built one before this year, but he had a Bellanca Flash scale/Stunt model at VSC this March. That was based on a 1930's racing / long distance Bellanca, and had a skid-like fixture under the center of the fuselage to anchor the lift-wire rigging.
T'was a bit small for th wing area, and that rigging fixture was a problem even on the smooth paving. A noble and difficult struggle, though.