I apperciate your comment. The one big difference is that this is a 1.60 size plane, I am planning on putting a fair bit of power into it so that the weight is not a great concern. This model will fly at about 18 lbs, the design is for between 16 and 20.

Frist major mistake tonight, I used the wrong wood building the tail, OK, so it is not that big a deal, I used a 1/2 X 5/6 stick rather than a 3/8 X 5/6 stick. I realized this aftter I had cut them. So I shaved down the 1/2 stick to 3/8 and built up the 3/8 stick by sticking on some 1/8 sheeting. No big deal, except, when I was shaving down the 1/2 stick, I shaved about 1/16th of skin from my left thumb. It kind of smarts right now and boy did it blead.

I pretty much got the rudder and fin done just need a bit of sanding to shape after the glue has cured. Pics tomorrow.