Yeah, thanks srw1960! I saw that in his thread... hopefully he goes through with his build as these vehicles are quite curious contraptions!
about getting the hovercraft done... I am inadvertedly stalling the building of the rudders. I don't know why, I guess I am a bit aprehensive about them, or maybe I just don't want to undertake a job that will take more than a day (I want to make them all at once so they are all identical)
Meanwhile, I have not been sitting on my laurels, doing some painting. Instead of making the vents in the shape of slots in the rear cover I went with a mesh type covering. It is aluminum with a thin rubber coating. Now that I have painted the center section, I guess that there can be no more delaying of the inevitable... time to make those rudders that I have avoided.

I can almost feel it now... 27 days ago, she was a bunch of measurements on an index card, and now she is a working (almost) hovercraft! What shall I name her????? Ken's Wheelchair? I don't know... any suggestions?
I am getting excited just thinking about running it! I have a brushless system ready as well - but I may want to stick to scale speeds right now