Hi Good to see the thread is going 4 years after it started.
Been working on mine for 1 year, cost about $260 but finished there wont be change from $ 500.
I had to fix a few cracks in the fues, it had been a display model in the shop and I suspect it was dropped but I Fiber glassed ply inside to stiffen the weak areas and it attached very well.  
Using E Flite 120 U/C which fits easy but if put in as per the design the wheels are only about 30 mm in front of the CofG, I read where they nose over easy.  Did a lot of work to make the wheels extend another 40 mm forward taking a lesson from the Top flite Mk9 design, hope it is enough.  Also if you mount e flite on the bearers the struts are >5mm below the wing skin and you have to space the covers off the legs.  This was solved with the same mod to get the wheels further forward by raising the height of the bearers.
Have used a Dubro tail wheel but with a bulkhead mount and it is much more robust and looks better, ( This idea came from Kahlog).
Was not happy at all with the flexibility of the push rods, pretty sure that the tail would vibrate so I hard mounted them in the fues with two extra bulk head supports and used them as guides for flexible pushrods inside.
I was not happy with the alignment of the wings if you follow the instructions.  Mount the mains and make the TW parallel and the TW will be at an obvious angle to the fin so I mounted the TW Square to the fin then adjusted the main Wing attachment to look square  (mainly with a thick layer of Silastic that forms a great seat when hard.
I am now mounting the engine, i like the idea of the flexible mount as I can get the bolts further away from the edge of the wood but  then the spinner moves off centre on the front, I know the shift is small but I dont like it and i see some comments that the mounts provided dont work, any success stories?
Also I cannot see how there will be sufficient cooling inside the engine bay with or without the cowl?  I have thought about opening the front and rear of the cowl with small vents to duct air over the motor, any comments on the cooling?

My wife says i have a <span lang="EN-AU"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Chandelier and thinks that i will never fly it after all of the work and says i should hang it on the roof with landing lights</font></span>