I decided just to build this "first" one completely stock
Good thinking. This way you'll get in the air and become addicted more quickly as Terry so humorously pointed out.
My next project will be my fourth SE and am going all out. It'll be fully sheeted, twin .25FXs, fiberglass covering and retracts. I'm also looking at the taped wing kit offered in the RCU marketplace section. Does anyone have any experience with that mod?