Thanks Condor...

That makes perfect sense. I was hoping to bump into someone who had personal experience with the craft. You are the first.

I think you did with your spit pretty much exactly what I was hoping to do with mine. Aim to concenterate on a few discrete build componenets and make them scale. I was aiming for the painting, retracts, antennae, guns, and cowl. I will scale back my ambitions for the retracts.....

Otherwise, I am hoping achieve the same as you.

One other question. I was looking to use the RCV60 as well. I know that scale is scale and all that, but this is one area where I feel that as an intermediate pilot, having some available oomph in a sticky situation may save my plane. Did you feel that the 60 was flying the plane with a bit of oomph to spare? Should I look for a notch up, or maybe even a notch down?

As for everything else, I think I will do as other have suggested. Concentrate on a really neat, clean, and precise build. cover with a paintable material, and paint. I think I am going to try to fashion my own cowling somehow... I have done it before. Use retracts of some nature, and I think I have to install some of the more prominant but absent features, like the radiator/oil cooler.

Thanks all for your valuable assistance.

gus