It may be better then new. As you know, this is a Chinese ARF. Needed quick plane for SPA contest. New it is USN cover scheme, and the covering was like contact paper, IMO. Stripped it, sealed the wood, recover. On the re-build, to take care of the dings fast, I used finishing resin and 3/4 oz. glass cloth. Few coats of resin, final wet sand, coat of dope, then mono-kote.
Right, it came out better then when first done. Lotta work. This time I will change CG where needed, add digital servos. This also gave me the opportunity to change the wing mount bolts to 1/4-20.

Does anyone reading this know if I can get a good finish with silk span/dope on balsa, then monokote on top of that. I am not a monokote fan, usually paint, but I have learned how to do it right.
Vince