Bob, I'd sure like to make it down there. We'll have to talk more via email to make arrangements, etc.

I did some more painting on the spit. I sanded it all down then sprayed on some very thinned down almost-white and almost-black...kinda tan and dark brown. It was acrylic so is was water based. I was trying to get a faded streaked look...I didn't like how the paint went on ...and I think that is because I had it TOO watered down and it just seemed to bead up. so instead of throwing the plane in the bin (LOL) i sprayed a little mist on and took a paper towl and wiped it off so that it would catch in the rivets and hopefully have a streaked look to it. I'll attach a couple pics. I think it will have the weathered look OK. When i wiped it i only wiped the wing from the front to the back...and not the back to the front. and the fuse i wiped top to bottom only. figuring that this is the way the real plane would streak.