Snoop: Had the same problem here. I was 21 when I built my Eagle II. I received attitude from what I considered rather 'odd' people. I couldn't find anyone to help me, or if I REALLY wanted to join my local club I would have to jump through all kind of hoops to just be able to fly some other guys plane on a buddy box, after at least 5 hours of oral instruction..never touching a stick. Fah. Last year I found there was a local field that didn't require anything but the will to fly. Alas, here I am. Approximately 30 flights under my belt solo, of which 1 resulted in a pretty horrific crash. It's all better now. Tough plane.

The plane is fini'. Some of the trim work was punched through but I didn't have the proper covering. So many of the du dads were covered to serve a utilitarian purpose...to be able to fly on Friday.

The bipe fuse is complete! The tail feathers are complete (took only about 10 mins ha). I have some pondering to do to figure out how they want the tail feathers attached as the planes needed a cut away view at this point...but I'll figure it out. The instructions state: Create tail feathers, set aside and do not glue together yet as you need to cover them first. The box of balsa is getting light. Only the wings to go, and that was what I was looking forward to. I am probably going to build a Sig SR this winter also. My bro got the plans as he has wanted to build one for awhile. So we are going to make a couple of em. I'm thinking, camera plane.

Colors? too far ahead for me. If it were not for the heat gun I would have a pretty awefull looking wing. The first time I never used one and it turned out better. SO, I am going to research a bit on what I should use etc etc. I would have liked to have painted some of the fuse areas, but found out that is not such a hot idea. I do however want it to look ARF quality at the very least. Engine? I am going to wait until after xmas to get that.

S