Well, I went in a totally different direction.
I thought I was gonna pick up the alpha 40 with the training software last night, but I ended up getting a World Products Mach 1 arf, thunder tiger .46, 4 standard JR servos, new rx pack, and a few small basics like fuel and some extra tubing. I wanted to do a build really bad, atleast an arf so I went for it. I was wanting to recover whatever I ended up with anyway so I could learn to cover, and this thing has some ugly wings! The fuse isn't bad looking IMO, so I thought I would just recover the wings to match.
What covering should I use? Is towerkote any good, or should I just get the ultracote? Other than an iron, heatgun, and fresh razor blades, what else do I need? Thanks for all the great help!