A little extra.

If you can find the green Locktite, use it instead of the blue on all the metric (4mm) hardware. It doesn't set as thick as the blue.

As far as the tail wheel goes, flying off pavement with good landings and it holds up rather well. Tail slamming will break the tail wheel assembly. But it will break a Dave Patrick tail wheel also. The plane lands slow and soft, so there's no need to drive it onto the ground at high speeds.

The net weight savings going with a C/F tail wheel assembly on this size plane isn't, IMO, worth the time, cash, and effort. Better to balance by moving components around a little.