All the recent interest and activity warrants an updated progress report since my initial thread comment in 2014. But first a quick history, I bought this kit 30+ yrs ago as a kid. After the initial build and many flights it sat in my garage for many years until I pulled her out to show my son. She flew perfectly but my eyesight and judgement landed her in an oak tree poorly positioned at the runway's lee side. That was in 2014 and she sat in storage since then with some repairable damage inc broken stabs, landing gear and canopy as well as minor wing damage. With abundant time, resources and a renewed interest in RC I recently decided to rebuild this bird from the ashes. This time with full retracts, which I've been awaiting for over a month, a new cowl and canopy, reconfigured tail, and the pièce de résistance a fiberglass skin with scale rivets and panel lines. It's going way beyond her design but the old bird deserves a complete facelift. Everything else inc wings, fuse and OS FS 70 motor is still OEM. By far the most challenging of these repairs and changes has been learning the art of glassing, finishing and paint matching. The somewhat complicated processes I derived from auto repair for glass finishing and plan to complete with marine paint to provide fuel proofing. Here are original pics along with some current ones. She's not much to look at now but she'll be a real head turner and great Sunday flier for beginner intermediate or advanced pilot. You can expect more pics once this project is completed.