I took it out of the box last night for a peek (though I must promise myself not to touch it again until all my other projects are DONE!)

I think it's a beautiful piece of work for less than fifteen dollars! I may just leave this one free-flight for a while before I go chopping into it (I was sort of scoping out a good access path into the fuse). This one is white, except for the wings and tail, but I'm thinking of painting it all silver and dressing it up like a proper P-51.