It's been some time since I updated the progress. There has been considerable work getting things finished up & sorting out a few gremlins.

First off is the trim treatment to the tops of the wings. I used white/black check trim to match the bottoms of the servo bays. I opted for the white/black trim since it was applied over the red transparent Ultracote.

Unfortunately, some of the ribs weren't perfectly square with the spar line & the discrepancy could be "read" along the edges of the checkerboard. I used my stripe cutting machine to cut some 5/16" stripes from red Ultracate trim strip.



The color of the red trim sheet mimicked the look of the transparent red over raw balsa quite well.



This picture shows the paper tube for the servo leads quite well.



I fabricated some "Y" harnesses, one of them a double "Y" to join the 2 battery circuits as well as channel 7 on the Rx. I also made a 1/16" balsa deck to keep the wires out of the servo arms. The deck is held in place with Velcro as is the Rx.



The leads are just the right length to allow convenient connection to the wing servos.



Since the airframe was still slightly tail heavy, I applied velcro hook under the fuel tank just ahead of the CG location & mounted the two "AAA" 1000 mAh 6v NiMh packs there. It was a challenge to get the Velcro applied, but a bit of patience paid off.



Finally, she's ready to fire up & test the powerpalnt.



Next up, chasing out the gremlins.