Abu, it would be great to meet up at the Aerospace Museum. I will e-mail you right away on this. I don't know why the PM thing is that way.
I have been rereading the Snipe build (SEVERAL times) because I know you went through most of the same issues that I am. Having the aileron servos in the wings helps with the fuel tank and I may look at a mini servo for throttle anyway so the larger tank compartment is just a matter of making the slight shifts. Chris, it is good to know about your experience on your prototype. I still want more than 6 oz capacity but maybe the 10 oz is overkill.
I would like to connect the upper ailerons and had considered a setup on my Camel similar to Chris's. I will see. There is a differential issue on the twin servo setup that might conflict with an upper cross wing wire linkage. Also I found out that a bad landing can wipe out the top wing aileron arms pretty fast. It is easy to repair a dummy link up there but a functional one is another matter.
My LG swing axle will look a lot like your Snipe's, even more than my VK Camel's.
On the pilot figure, I hope to do a shift of cables, not unlike the Snipe's, to get a little more room there. I found the CD design to be logical and mechanically simple and don't want to totally reinvent it.
One change which took the most time on my Camel was recessing the firewall for the Saito 72. Thankfully, Chris must have gone through that years ago and he fixed this very nicely on the Pup design.
I cannot conceive of successfully completing a build like this in the days before these newsgroups. Thanks, Chris and Abu.