Hi Cliff!
Great to hear about your kit!
I've flown with Herr Spychalla many time over the years at our Warbirds & Classics Alliance events. (I miss his Bates F4U FG fuselage!)
Back to the Lizzie;
- I used a lighter & more robust tailwheel myself that looks more scale as well. I used a DS821 servo at the forward location with a wire pushrod controlling the tailwheel steering.
- I ordered a Spare Canopy and Spats from SIG through my LHS in December and again in February. It seems that they had misplaced the order or something. I'm told it was supposed to arrive with the April container. No word yet.
- Paul Flemming & Galen B have a buddy in the NW who was going to make a thicker & more scale canopy but he had life disruptions (move?) and won't be looking at it for several months.
- Tom at TnT Landing Gear has made an excellent set of heavier aluminum gear legs that fit well in the Spats and give a good mounting for the winglets if you choose to build them.
- I'm not going to worry about canopy rails as I'm going to mount my rear canopy either OPEN (screwed down) or CLOSED (screwed down).
I'm hoping to fly mine at Warbirds over Michigan the first weekend of June. Will you be there?
Scott