Skip,
It looks great. Can't wait to hear the test flight reports. I am way behind you. Tonight (I have to do this thing called "work" during the day) I rough sanded out the fuselage. I had planned to silk and dope but have since decided to paint the plane with Klass Kote. The wing and stab are covered with Doculam, an adhesive backed thin clear mylar, over about 8 coats of dope/talc and sanding eased with elbow grease. Right now I am debating on the fuse cover. Either doculam or 1/2 ounce glass cloth, then Klass Kote primer followed by more elbow grease, then color. I had to go to the Graphics Arts dept at work today to find out what primary colors to mix to get purple. Us LSU fans love purple, gold and white.

Jeff, I think wood under the stab and fillets on the fin/stab intersection may be the best way for me to go. I am looking at different fillet materials now. In the way back days of CL stunt I did fillets with Epoxlite mixed with micro ballons (very hard to sand but durable) or microballons mixed into polyester to form a thick paste. Carved balsa fillets blended in with light weight spackling may work out best. In any event when I get it finished I will post pictures.

I took the easy way out with side mounting the engine. I cut away the right side of the fuse at the firewall. The engine and muffler fill up the space so it is not noticeable. The WingMfg canopy looks good but if I keep sanding out the fuse there won't be enough surface area left to mount it.

Jeff, you have really produced a great kit, my hat is off to you for the labor of love it must have taken to bring this plane to market.

BTW Skip if I can learn to fly the pattern by the Atlanta contest I will judge my success by comparing my score to yours. Gauntlet now cast.