Mark,

Thanks for info. I should not have a real problem as the retracts wont get plumbed in for some time to come, I just felt that with this being all new to me, a non on board test would be the way to go! I should be patient and await David or Nick to get back to me, there is no rush. Who knows I might even find the plans by then!!!

That is one smart T Bird on BVM site. And you used to fly them!!! Having read a lot about them, they really seemed to be pushing the boundaries all the time. I just think they are graceful and even now, what every boy does when he doodles a jet or two.

I have some pictures of the NAV lights on the tank, I had meant that I would put an ulta white brite LED on the front of each tip tank, so not scale but should look good in the air.

I will be powering this with the Wren 54MKIII, giving over 14lbs of thrust so I think it should be quite matched.

Only issue is of course the thread sizes between US and UK. A friend of mine in CA will send me what I need in respect of taps, dies, allen keys etc, but it would be good to know what sizes to get!!!

I had one other thought that I did not have the wheels or oleos on the U/C, I guess as they have some weight that they will slow down the up/down movements to be scale like.

Did you take any pictures whilst building? I am keen to understand how easily...... or not this bird goes together, as my building skills are only improving because of my flying skills!!! And finally, roughly how long did it take you to get it together ready for painting at least?

Thanks for the interest again,

Gazzer