OK as promised!!:

As alredy mentioned, The box is huge. Very well packed and took a while to get everything unwrapped etc.
Initial expression I had was "man that's a big sucka !!" I did take some pictures but as you can tell, I'm not a great cameraman either

I have to say that I am more than impressed. The detail, Fit and finish is better than anything I've seen on ANY ARF. The wing to fuse joint etc. are perfect. The plane is SOLID. No flimsy material anywhere. The main fuse former is 1/4 ply-CF cloth-1/4 ply and perfectly glued so it ain't going anywhere.

The wings attachment is excellent. The above post that the wing attachment is not adquate is a joke. There are two 1/2 solid CF rods and one of them DOES go through and through. The rear one goes in a phenolic tube about 6" and resides in an AL clamp to retain the wing. hope the pictures explains... The Ail and Flaps are live hinged with gap seals - VERY NICE

The stabs have zero play and I like the mount etc. Steel shaft between ball bearings with 1/8" AL dual control arms. The scale actuator is present on the outsides of fuse and they do rotate with the stabs (nice touch)

All glue joints are nice and clean and no gaps that I witnessed so far. I may encounter some as I build but .....

Vertical stab is neat as it has dual CF rods as attachment as well as machined grove/tubes/arm supplied for a complete internal and solid mechanism

I would like to see SM update the rails for the retracts though. They are simple (maybe ample) 1/4 ply. I think I'm going to laminate them ahead of time with CF for added strength.

Did I sy this is a BIG plane ??

That's all I can think of at this time so If you have any questionsjust ask...

I'm VERY happy with this updated SM product. If it flies as good as it seems, SM definitely has a winner....

Here are some poor quality pictures

REgards,

Adil