She certaintly looks a lot different from the pictures of when you first got her. See what a little elbow grease and some imagination can accomplish, as she is certaintly something to be proud of based on what you had to work with, even though the pink would not have been my first choice
I'm quite sure that like the rest of us you are going to have loads of fun flying her, as this version of the Extra 300L design has absolutely no bad flying habits. This is one of those discontinued kits that if it came back into production I would buy another in a heartbeat.
Karol