hi Wendell, looks good so far!

Paint the cowl. use a light grey primer first, be sure to get the pinholes filled. What I do is use BVM pinhole filler first, then spray primer. Usually a quick sand with 400-600 grit and it's ready for paint right there.

Don't get too crazy with sanding and filling around that cowl on a monokoted plane. you will have a seam there unless your name is Faye Stilley LOL

After the paint fully cures, just overlap the monokote about 1/4" onto the cowl, taking care to match up the colors. Done. use graphics to camaflouge the seam. Only thing I know how to do.

I'm redoing the prototype as I type this, and will have it in Birmingham at the contest this weekend if you want to drive down and have a look. I'm not too worried how this one looks, this plane is a used up $2 ***** but she still flies SWEET. So assuming I can get it test flown and trimmed out, I'm flying this weekend ice cold with no practice (can you say "sitting duck"?) So my goal is no zeroes for at least one round. After that....GAME ON!!!

-Mike