If you are wanting to build a true scale model with all the right details (color scheme in the right order etc) why are you wasting your time with a "Funscale" plane such as the Dynaflite? No flame intended but just to be realistic, this is a "Funscale". Who cares about the proper wing clearance? The proper nose slope(something you didnt mention but this plane doesnt have the proper fuslage profile for the full scale)? There are several dozen issues that this kit has with the full scale version..........but its just a Funscale plane. For fun. Dont take it so serously. I mean no offence to you Modeone or anyone else for that matter, but if you read through all the threads on this plane you will see so many complaints that this plane is not properly scale, colors on the box are wrong, etc etc etc. This is a plane for flying on Sundays (I fly mine all week long) not scalemasters. Mich Reeves makes an awesome scale kit for the SE5a, BoBH is doing an incredibly detailed SE5 for scale masters. This is a stand off scale (stand way off) its just for fun. Can you tell that I really like this plane? Ok, rant over

Leaving the tail skid on the rudder gives you a very steerable plane, it has a tail wheel if you want to use it or, like I did, leave that off for grass use. The more you dress this plane up in scale detail to heavier it is and the worse it flies.

I used a Williams Brothers Lewis machine gun, the instructions show you how to manufacture a realistic looking mount for the top wing. I did not use the later version SE5 with the Vickers mounted on the fuse in addiction to the Lewis. I was pretty happy with the early version single gun.

For a pilot I purchased from Ebay one of the GI Joe WWI fighter pilots for 19.99. He comes with the full uniform and flying equiptment. Goggles, leather helmet, leather coat, etc etc. I cut him off at the waist (OUCH!) and glued him to the cockpit floor. His satin scarf looks really cool blowing in the wind.

The Magnum and the ASP are supposed to be the same motor (just different distributers) and I fly with the ASP 1.20 so I am sure that you will love that engine. I am actually switching mine back to the ASP .80 though.

Again, I meant no offence to you, and I understand your concerns about building a realistic scale plane. This is not a realistic scale plane, its just for fun. Keep that in mind and you will not be dissapointed in the final product. This summer I have met a couple of people that were very very dissapointed in thier planes when they didnt look scale enough or because they added to much weight making it scale that it didnt fly as well as did mine. This was at several fun flies that I attended during the summer.