I feel like the Karate Kid after he waxed-on, waxed-off. I sanded the entire model Saturday afternoon. Started with 150 grit, then 220 and finished up with 600. It's fairly smooth now, although I wasn't able to get the epoxed sections where the wing is joined and the bottom of the rudder and center of the elevator perfectly smooth (and does it show, I'll explain). Epoxy is tough.

I've attached some pictures of the framed plane. Pretty cool seeing it all together for the first time. I went with the Sullivan tail wheel and found a Hans Solo model to be my pilot.

I practiced covering on Sunday. Sunday night I decided to try the rudder first. Everything went well at first. The top 2/3 looks good, but the epoxed bottom is fairly bumpy. The monocote really amplifies the flaws. I had difficulty wrapping the second piece around the rounded bottom of the rudder. I think I used a little too much covering and tried to use a heat gun while pulling the monocote (similar to how I've seen the wing tips done). The covering bunched-up and stuck. The heat-gun smoothed it out a little, but it's pretty rough. I did the stabilizer fin next and it turn out much better.

I'll moved on to the elevator tonight and then the fuselage.