RE: The dreaded step!
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">i think the part i dispise te most is trying to find paint to match whatever covering i'm using. then you can't find any and you have to paint the cowling and wheel pants something generic like black or white or something. unless you're into dropping tons of cash getting paint color matched. THEN comes the fuel proofing whatever paint you chose to use.
after all that, i don't mind the covering, but that just means i'm that much closer to installing all the radio gear. it's not even getting the CG set correctly that's the pain for me. something i just don't like about it. i have 3 planes sitting ready to fly other than doing the linkages for them. maybe it's the thought of pulling my motor off the one pane to install it on the next to set the throttle cable. i HATE only having one motor....</span>