Figured I ought to tell a bit of a story on myself here...if it serves as a "warning" for someone else building this kit, great. I suspect, however, its only purpose will be to provide a reason to laugh at me.

As those who know me will affirm, I'm NOTORIOUS for fairly sloppy installations of radio gear and guts. It's a part of the process I absolutely HATE doing, and I don't do it well. Frustration sets in fairly quickly, and my airplanes usually wind up with wires/batteries/fuel lines/etc running any which way. "Meh, good enough" is my motto when it comes to that stuff.

It's an "issue" I've been working on though, so to speak. The Bulldog...while not well done...showed at least SOME thought and patience...and the big Mustang (that got shelved for this project) is going to require immaculate work. So, I thought perhaps the ole Cap would be good candidate for trying to push myself a bit in that area.

Soooooooo....

Spent 2 HOURS a couple days ago routing everything, planning out the tray for the rudder servo, power system, etc, trying different ways to mount stuff, checking, double checking, and triple checking to make sure I had feeder and chaser lines for EVERYTHING before covering...the whole thing.

And it all worked SO well. Wound up with the tank moved back, so the rear of the tank met the front of the tray right above the wing tube. Routed all of the cables very nicely, through various channels/tubes/etc I had carefully planned out. Finished running all the wires this morning, and used zip ties in strategic locations. When it was all said and done, the servo/power tray was PERFECT...a job even a pro would have been proud of. Wires were very neatly routed, fuel lines right where they belong, everything. It was SO attractive it was almost a shame to cover it with a canopy.

Then I tried to put the wings on...

And realized, of course, that my GORGEOUS tray and tank....COMPLETELY prohibited ANY access to the wing bolts.