Its Thursday and the built is for the most part finished. I have 3 windows and the windscreen to finish tonight. Yesterday afternoon was an experience firing up my first gas engine. I had a neighbor hold the tail section. With eyes and ears in place I pulled the choke and gave the spinner a turn with my starter. The pressure was more than Im use to. After a couple of tries I had the prop spinning but no pop from the carb. I decided to disengage the choke. Next attempt and she fired right up. Subsequent to the initial run I did not find any loose bolts or gas.

The spark plug wire was tricky with respect to the routing. I decided to open a channel or grove the depth of the spark plug wire diameter. The groove was etched to the right of the engine and does not conflict with the seating of the cowl. In the cabin picture you will see to voltwatch battery indicators. I like these and they work well for me. I run each one on a y harness off of the "out side" of the receiver. This way they do no stay on when the plane is not used.

Looking back I see a couple of "next time" changes. I would have painted the firewall flat black prior to assembly. Also I would have painted the interior of the cowl flat black. Perhaps the windows could use a mild tinting of about 25%.