Cliff,
I am building the 109 right now. Mine is glassed with 3/4oz glass and WB Poly. If you handle it hard, it will ding and dent still but I like the ease of water based Poly. It doesnt bother me to much , the little dings and dents here and there as in a warbird like the full scale are pretty rough themselves. I must say though, I didnt use the sureflight wing, Mine didnt align right and had an odd shape to it. It almost looked like a Hellcat wing, I guess tomake it more stable. I had a wing from a crashed plane that I rebuilt to fit the 109, its built up with foam bays. I also didnt use the canopy as it was cheesy looking to me, so I scratchbuilt my own. I didnt like the way my first cowlcame out, so I ordered a spare and am currently cutting it up to be 1. more scale looking, 2. cutout around the engine a little closer and easy to remove for access. As soon as I get the 2 cowl halves done, I am glassing them, and maybe one day will actually make a mold for future cowls. I engineered some Hobbico Retracts to retract outward in a scale fashion, that and the canopy took the longest time to do. I also added plastic robostruts for looks and wheel pants and built up the wheel rim detail as well as ribbed the wheels themselves. Also added rivets and panel lines. I have a lot of time in this little guy so far, but the end result will be worth to me. Here is a pic so far... Getting ready for the paint shop...


Warren