As an update....
Now that flying season is upon us the design and build process has slipped down a couple of notches in priority. Now more time is spend on repair and service of the flying fleet as opposed to the new builds. Add to that as field chairman a lot of time is spent on the upkeep of the flying site.
I have made some small progress on this design, I have made up some patterns and now in the process of building a wire cutting system for the foam. The control surface mechanics are in process enough to at least to the point that I have determined the total number of servos needed (12 total) for the electric, the glow version will need two more for mixture and throttle. Of the dozen servos, 5 that are used in the thrust vectoring system will be high torque. Two are required for the stabilators, two more for the ailerons, two more for the spoilerons and one for a speed brake. So needless to say I am also going to have to look at using two batteries one for control and the other for the motor. So now I am currently am working on the weight and balance issues for placement of all of the components to keep the COG within a target range.

I am not trying to bore you all with the details, but as I mentioned when I originally posted this I am trying to document the design of this beast.

Boy what a learning experience this has been thus far.