Looking good, no offense taken and I would have taken it as a compliment if you copied mine.
Glad it worked out.
I did a major boner sunday, will doing some work on one of mine I forgot to put the fuel
lines back on, distractions are not good. After ~30 oz into a 20oz tank I realized something wrong.
Dried it out and left in sun for a few hours and back in the air after a good checkout.
Here's the DA85 in flight. It's a power house.

When you do the side slot, consider angling the slot to match the needles.