Here's a nice build thread of an FE8 "prototype" from Pete Rake plans:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=526847

One nice thing about the approach to scale modeling taken by Peter Rake (and others) is that you get to build half a dozen or more models a year so you can afford to do some odder beasts. I figure I'm lucky to finish one a year so I have to choose carefully!