Thanks for all the kind words guys!

As far as that "first class finish", I'm a little ashamed to admit it's just Rustoleum. Yea, I know it's heavy, but I did hit the balsa with a coat of sanding sealer before I painted it in an effort to keep the wood from soaking up too much paint. I really wanted to try my hand at a doped finish, but my LHS wanted an arm and a leg for the stuff - I would have been almost $30 into it, had just enough supplies to do the job, and stuck with a color I wasn't too interested in. [:'(] Good news though, she only weights 5 3/4 oz (with the tip weight and lead out lines installed) so I guess I didn't do too bad!

Hopefully I'll be checking in with a flight report before too long...

-Joe