ORIGINAL: CorsairJock
Cowl was all carrved wood, there was no 'plastic'. Parts were all different too: many more parts than G.E. kits. If it is a 'B' model, with "Shangri-La" decals: it is most likely the early version.
Then it is a GE kit. It has the lower cowl in heavy plastic and the radiator scoop, gun ports and manifolds in heavy plastic. It is the later model too with the bubble canopy. It was on a shelf in his barn above his workshop, and had a layer of dust on it, he didn't remember how long ago he got it.
Ican see how easy it is to sink cash into these, $250 for the motor, over $200 for the retracts, and Ihavent added up the servos and RX yet. I'm going to build it very nicely and make darn sure Ican fly GOOD before it even taxi's! Ihave got to get my right side orientation issue handled before Iwreck one of my planes for sure. Ihave no problems when approaching from my left, but from my right Iget all backwards, and already flew into the side of the barn once, thankfully it was my lightweight foam plane that only needed some packing tape on the fin to repair.