My hornet is still under construction and I had to put it aside last year while we moved, but am starting to get back to it now so your thread is well timed.
A few of the changes I've made to mine so far (haven't started on the wings yet other than to install the spars) are:
- carbon fiber on main formers and main gear plates
- G-10 reinforcing plates around the spar pockets in the fuse
- flipped the elevator horns so access holes to remove stabs are on the bottom of the fuse
- relocated elevator servos to the rear of the fuse near the stabs
- made a removable nose cone
- nose steering is now direct pull-pull, no cables
- opened the area between the fuse and inlets like the full size
- all hatch latches are hidden
- moved fuel cells to reduce CG shift as fuel is consumed
- made fins removable, rudders stay with fins and are driven by hidden torque linkage at base of rudder
- constructed scale boarding ladder
- adding all my 'strictlyscale' integrated and external scale details
- added functional canopy and speed brake, still need to detail these.
I think that's most of the changes so far, have lots of other details in mind and most have already been created like scale sidewinders, AIS pods, scale landing gear details, lights, etc etc. is there any end to this madness!? haha.