I'm with Bill on this. Don't build something you don't want to build. This is about having fun, first and foremost.
Now, I will add that if you really like super light stuff but are afraid you can't build it successfully, there are several things to consider. The Mash Up is really no less fragile than a good pennyplane. Bill has done some great threads on Hip Pocket on how to build his, and there's also the ubiquitous Banks design. Both fly great and look beautiful in the air. If you like the look of big, slow turning props, extend the wing chord on a LPP out to 6", perhaps 6.5", and build a 17" prop, just a sheet balsa one. They look right nice like that and fly well. When bored with that, maybe move on to a simple F1M like the Moustique (I think the plans are in "Best of INAV"). I've built one and it's an easy build. No rolled tubes or small wood sizes. They fly slowly, easily, and the props turn pretty slow.
After you've tried F1M, and if you like slow stuff, well, just keep shaving the wood sizes down. When it gets uncomfortable, stop. And of course one other way to go slow without using tiny wood is to build bigger. At the extreme example, you could roll a motor tube from 1/32" balsa and use 1/16x3/16 for wing spars and build a 30" span model that might fly as long as 30 minutes in the right flying site. It's all in how you approach it.
-Joshua Finn
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