GW, that sounds like a good idea...I'll consider glassing the fuse and covering the wings and stabs as a compromise position.

Also, water-based poly works great for glassing in my experience, although the glass is admittedly not stuck down quite as well as with epoxy (Z-Poxy is what I have used as well), but is much lighter than epoxy.

However, digging around some more on RCU, I've learned that others have used a brushable lacquer (Deft brand Clear Wood Finish) that apparently does stick very well and is still lighter than epoxy. I'm going to try and find some of this stuff and play with it on some scraps to see how it behaves relative to epoxy and WPU:

http://home.mchsi.com/~jahuntley/help.html#Tip 2