Well, I finally have just about everything I need to get started. Attached are images of the supplies I already have, and the kit I just received in the mail yesterday (I would have posted this last night, but I was too excited and was reading through the entire instruction manual after inventorying my kit).

You can see in the photos that I have pretty much everything I need to get going. I've just got to go by Lowe's and get a ceiling tile to build on and some sandpaper and wood glue. What you don't see in the photos is glue. I'm going to buy some wood glue for everything that doesn't require epoxy, and I've got some thin CA in my fridge for tacking things in place. The photo that shows the covering also has some sheet 1/16th balsa on it. That's the balsa I'm going to sheet the turtle deck with.

Speaking of which, I'm planning on building to plans except for sheeting the turtle deck and mounting the engine sideways and building a balsa cowl around it. As this is my first build ever, I thought I'd try to keep the mods relatively simple.

I'm really looking forward to getting started on this kit, but I don't think I'll be able to for several days. I just wanted to let everyone know that I've got almost everything I need, and I'm excited to get going!

I'll post more once I get to start building. I still have to finish reading through the instructions before I get started (I want to understand what I'm going to do before I start doing it).

Oh yeah, I've also attached my proposed covering scheme. I may alter the bottom of the wing from checkerboard to stripes, I don't know yet.

Let me know what you think!