My Skybolt has a nice aluminum spinner, and not one of those cheap pinned one that has trouble lining up to get the cone on. Not sure if it's stock or not, it just came on the plane, when I traded my heli for it.
The tail on my Pitts is as firm as the Kyosho, and my cabane struts are screwed into hardwood, so CA there is not necessary. Now. on the wing attachment tabs. This is really weird, mine came out of the wings at an angle, so they butted up flush before the screws were installed, so this plane may be a different animal all together. I do detect a little movement in that area, so I will apply some thin CA where the tabs come out of the wings. I found the Nitro Models website, saw the little Pitts, and called my Hobby guy, but he said he won't get it from NM, but it would be the same basic plane, but have full wheel pants that were painted to match the plane. They are also fiberglass like the cowling.
I just looked at the package with the control rods, and they do not resemble the NM pictures. These have threads on one end and the nylon snap on connectors for the other end for both the alerons to servos and also the alerons to alerons joining links. None of that V Bend like the NM website pictures where they have the V's going opposite directions. Really weird. Now, the tail wheel is like the Skybolt and the Decathlon but required the rod to be inserted into the rudder wood, so i've got a spring loaded tailwheel assy for that. Very nice piece with several leafs to choose from, or they can be stacked as well, for heavier planes. The control horns in this kit are much heavier than the one's that came with my buds NM Super Stearman, and are also larger than the one's on the Skybolt. Im not sure whats going on here, but as it appears to be the same plane, there seems to be alot of upgrades over the one's that NM is selling. This one has a wingspan of 42.5 inches, and the fuse length is 41.3 according to the manual, that calls it a Pitts 50, and says it requires a .70 four stroke. Does this sound like the same plane ? Or did I wind up with something entirely different ? The manual sure sucks ! lol