Saw this post and had to reply when i saw mention of the Slimpig, I have just finished rebuilding one.
back in the early 80's Stephen Metttam was a member of the club and so everyone flew Slimpigs, i was just learning to fly at the time so never had one, then i discovered girls and drink and stopped flying for 25 years.
when i started flying again i flew F5J and bumped into Stephen again at wetlands, he had sold off the Slimpig designs and mold years ago but said he had the last one out of the mold in his garage, after much nagging over many months he sold it to me, seemed a shame to build this piece of history so it's sat on a shelf in the workshop ever since.
a couple of months ago i saw while trawling ebay a slimpig fuz in amongst a pile of glider bits on a listing, managed to get it for £6 and have rebuilt and restored it....
can't wait to get it out on the slope..........next project is bringing back my old Solent sailplanes Mini Racer!
