My original big bertha built early 90s. I was 11 maybe 12. No laughing at the build quality. This was before I was allowed or had spray paint, brushed on testors model paint. Whatever.... finish didn't matter, painting was that last annoying step before FLYING! Making smoke and fire is what was important. The rubber shock cord has long since dry rotted. I think I'm going to fix it up. I'll put a new kevlar trifold mount recovery harness with some elastic to the nose cone and relive some old memories. I fully plan on building a new bertha some day and doing it up right. Cheers!