Well I had to wait on Paypal, and now I'm waiting for the big brown box in the mail.
I may actually be changing the power system though. With the system I listed before, and if I built the Stuka stock with all the fancy painting, and scale everything I could it would fly like a CAP.

It's too much power for the airframe really, and too much prop. So new setup will be a Mega 22/30/3 without a gearbox swinging a 9x8" direct drive on 16 cells. This will still make the Stuka crank, and bank. On the upside there's no gearbox hassle or whine.
I think I was going to have some prop clearance issues before. I plan to scale it out as much as possible. If I can save enough I'll be ordering a set of scale struts from Robart. I was pleased to find they make a pair of scale struts for this size Stuka. Also will be using scale wheels. I will also be hinging the ailerons so they look scale as well. Robart has some really great stuff for scaling one out I think.
Other than that at the moment I'm collecting all the real pictures of Stuka's I can find. So I can get all the little details, and figure out what paint job to do. It will be sheeted, glassed, and painted with an airbrush.

I have plastic covering it hates me too so it's mutual. I'll start posting pics as soon as I get everything, and get started.

Oh to answer your other questions your right about the lightening. It doesn't really need anything as weight simply will not be a problem with all the power it'll have with the big Mega. Amp draw will be in the low 20's so run time with throttle management should be in the 8+ minute range. Thats as good as glow in my book.

Plus with the direct drive motor it will sound very smooth. Especially with reduced throttle on low fly-by's with nothing but the flutter of the prop beating the air as it goes by.