The covering is holding up well and is not coming of in any areas of the airplane. The MarkII contruction is alot better without the cheap plastic turtle deck that was on the MarkI. I did not have any problems with the covering on the MarkI either. I have alot of flights on the MarkII now and I still have to put the cowling on and the cockpit covering but it has been fun flying it without these items. I might set down and do the cowling this weekend if I have time.
It is going for 99.99 agian so it is a good price for the airplane agian. The hatch Idea is a good one and I have thought about doing that but I have the batter above the servo tray and just over an ounce of lead at the tail which I will paint over with white paint to blend them into the aircraft structure.
John