Actually I'm doing both. The Zooch tower is completed using the supplied dowel and wire. Currently working on the Fliskits tower with .032 brass rod for the vertical struts and .020 brass for the trusses. The plastic was just too difficult. I did learn one thing from building the Fliskits tower, which I incorporated into the Zooch tower: spoofing the tower motor nozzles using a sharpened dowel and cutting off the tip. Hopefully updates in a couple of days.
BTW I checked out your Zooch 1B build over at TRF. Amazing work!