I mean no offense to those who assembeled your Kyosho FLIP 3-D straight out of the box, and flew it. I just had to "individualize" mine. So, the 2nd day after it arrived, I stripped the covering off and "Did my own thing". Results are posted below.
I wish I had weighed the covered pieces before stripping, but forgot to do that. I did weigh all the "bare bones" pieces before covering, and immediately after covering. I applied 8 ounces of covering.
Final dry weight is 5 lbs, 10 oz.
Setup:
YS 63, APC 13x4W, Futaba 8US Trx, 148DP Rcv, Futaba 9151 Digitals on ailerons, rudder and elevator, Hitec 225 mini on throttle, dual 720 ma NMHI batteries. Everything else is stock.
Maiden flight was last Sunday (Two 10 minute flights). This plane is awesome . Flip is an appropriate name, it will literally flip on the CG (high rates) and has no tendency to snap or roll out. It did tend to pitch up when throttle was reduced. I have since added some up-thrust, can't wait to get it back in the air.
I won't go on any longer right now, so here are the pictures.

Side view: