Your enthusiasm is refreshing. I'd like to try and make a point. I hope this comes out right. Most people, especially beginners, are a bundle of nerves when they fly. This seems to be worse with older people, as the kids seem to not be affected. This adrenaline rush that we feel while flying is addictive. It never goes completely away, but it does subside with time. The problem is, the shakes are worst in the beginning, and/or also while flying a new plane. Now comes my point. It seems as if the nervousness is directly related to the amount of time and effort we put into our models. It's not about the money. It's the work. So, in the back of our heads we have the fear of crashing, and destroying our many hours of hard work. I believe there comes a point where we have to be able to get over this fear in order to have fun. What fun is it to fly if you are shaking like a leaf and your tongue dries out? Been there, done that. In an effort to help ourselves get over the jitters, we can detach ourselves from the models somewhat. The way I choose to do that is to put a limit on the effort invested into each model. Consider how it will be flown, how often, what type of weather, etc, and build the model accordingly. A fun fly type plane, like the SSE, will be wrung out regularly. You will take chances with that model, and it will be crashed,(pranged?) That's why I didn't spend an abundance of time on sanding, fairing this model. And to tell you the truth, the monokote is thick enough so that any sanding finer than about 200 grit doesn't show thru the covering. In other words, the effort to make it perfectly smooth doesn't really show in the finished product. And you definitely can't see a difference from 20 feet away. Just something to think about. Again, I hope this is taken the way it was meant.