Plane looks nice Carrell. I was thinking of doing a simple covering scheme similar to yours.

I usually go with a contrasting bottom to the top to help with which way is up. When I had my first SSE it was the same top and bottom and was a bear to keep track.

Do you have pin hinges in the tail? It looks like it from what I can see.

I'm going to start back up on the build in the morning. I'm taking photos to show my progress but I don't have the cable to download the pics.

I was thinking of putting the hatch on the bottom instead of the top, to give it a slightly cleaner look. I am going to side mount the engine so the exhaust will go out the bottom.