It was 1986 and a buddy had found the skeleton of a Telemaster in somebody's garbage. I bought it from him for $20. My dad finished it and it became my first tail dragger. It was covered yellow, like this one.
It flew for probably 5 years or so before it was modified into a twin trainer ( on floats ), with OS 25s in the wings. Finally, it was retired and scrapped. It didn't owe us anything! All these years later, I've decided to build another one. I obtained a Merco 35, new in the box and an 11x6 Tornado propeller, as per the plans. I ordered the wood direct from Sig and will scratch build it from a copy of the original plans.
I haven't decided on a colour scheme yet, although I'm leaning towards a "flag" theme. Maybe Union Jack on the bottom and German on the top ( Red, Gold, Black ), since the Merco is an English engine and the airplane was of German design. I'll have some left over covering from the Freshman.
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