Radio switch, glow plug remote, retract valve, they are all fairly exposed. I wasn't really going for a high level of scale. Look at the tail wheel and the tail feather controls and you see other things that could be improved. I knew this would be a good flyer, so I was more after a plane that looked good but was easy to use day to day.

As for the paint, I used testors spray can for the intermediate blue. The darker blue is called sea blue, and only comes in the bottles from testors. I had to thin it and spray it on with a gun. The white is just rustoleum white, but the polyurethane topcoat darkens it up a bit. Decals are from Major decals, and it takes two sets to get four of the large stars with bars. The paint was applied right over the original, and seemed to stick very well. The polyurethane is minwax (NOT water based) and is very fuel resistant.