Hey Bill,
Great to hear from you! Yeah, the original color scheme was bad enough to scare off many a modeler, but the legend of the mighty Pitts still reeled some color-blind and/or masochistic individuals in. After all, it's a Pitts! They come in so many great color schemes, it's distracting. Even the choice between the yellow and the red was agonizing for me. I went with the visibility of the yellow/black.
I'll keep at it. I was going to start in on it this morning, but my lovely wife had other plans for me. I did manage a quick stop at the hobby store, to pick up another Sullivan SkyLite wheel (4.5 inches). I run larger wheels on my planes because I fly at grass fields. I also run the pants higher on the axle, for better clearance at the grass fields. With those two elements combined, the pants stay in great shape, and I can run wheel pants on a grass field without issues. Plus, bipes nearly always need plenty of weight in the front, and that helps.
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~ Jim ~