The stock power is just barely enough to fly the plane. You'll like brushless. Soon, I hope, to go brushless. A HiMax 2812/0650 since it will bolt in and is direct drive, a 3S 1320mah TP li-po, and a Castle Creations 10 ESC.

I have had no probs with the pushrods on the tail of my Ultimate, but I do like the pull-pull on my glow powered Ultimate's. It'd be interesting to see how it wourks out for ya. The GWS servo arms won't work for pull-pull I don't think. They are too short to go through the fuse. I ended up with my servos mounted through the fuse rather than on the side as the instructions say.

Sorry no help on the paint. I used the decals.