In consolidating the scattered assets of the S-51D program, Mr. Ray Larner, a man very instrumental in gathering these assets, had purchased and accomplished some work on this kit, which had originally been purchased and worked on by a Mr. Gertiser. This kit is now owned by Stewart 51 Partner, LLC and is an excellent value for someone who wants to put their personal touches on their own kit sooner than would be possible waiting for our new production kits or by purchasing an existing finished airplane.
We are pricing this kit as is where is at $129,500. The kit is very nearly complete, lacking only the top cowling and main landing gear trunions. These two components will be available at some point from Stewart 51 Partner, LLC, but are not available as of today. Both of those components are buildable from scratch by a kit builder if absolutely necessary, but we plan to offer them in about a year.
We have de-mated the wings and are removing the top fuel tank area skins for rework. Beyond those two skins, the workmanship on the kit is fine, a combination of the Fast-Build work from HPAI and Gertiser and Larner.
This kit is in Montgomery. I will post more photographs of the kit and components in about two weeks, when I get back to Montgomery and can shoot them. This project has had much of the necessary work accomplished toward being a very nice flying S-51D.
