This build is finally down to just a few finishing touches.


Greg finally found some free fonts that he could modify to sorta match the one's on the full-scale Flitfire's tail. Here, I squared the upper marking to the fin.


And here they are fully installed.


Because the lucky winner might not fly Futaba, I removed this receiver.


And left the servo leads appropriately tagged. During this operation, I verified that the false floor could be removed and reinstalled, without damage, to service the radio components.


I had one further marking to track down: the Piper plate on the cowl. I located a good image online, moved it into a Word document, and shrank it to the scale size. The picture above shows a prototype, printed on plain paper at low resolution. I believe the final version, printed at max dpi on photo paper, will be even better.

Rick, here are your beauty shots:




Only one day to go until the raffle. Unfortunately, there's a strong forecast for rain.

Please stay tuned, and I'll let you know what happened.