RE: Simular to a bad boy problem.
Sounds as though it will be just right and already was close but that extra bit of lead for "Mother and Country" will make it more enjoyable.
Not to many years ago I did a buyout of a fellows stuff and in the grab bag was an old no name Fun Fly airplane pretty close to what you got there and the workmanship was just horrible and looked like the barn paint on it was done with a roller. After fixing up just a little and nursing the old Magnum 40 back to life that airplane just flew the britches of everything for a while. It was so Ugly I had some large graffics made for the top of the wing "The Flying Turd".
One day a young fellow who I had been mentoring a bit flew it and just loved it. He was fixin to go off to school over at Embry Riddle so I gave to him. He has graduated now but seems he flew that thing right outside the dormitory for his whole tenure there.
John