Yeah, I didn't mean to say I would be competing with him, and I won't. It would be foolish of me or anyone else if they thought they could top his skills gained through years of experience other than gaining that experience themselves. It's just that I have always loved the P-38, built one as a kid, but never got any further than the structural stage, because the chickens got into my "shop" and destroyed it by nocking things off the shelf onto it! Very sad day. And I wouldn't want to build one and do any less than MY absolute best. I really just want to be sure that my goals are not too lofty... it is a VERY expensive endeavor after all. From what I can assertain, it's something to the tune of 6,000 or 7,000 US dollars when complete. Probably more since I have NO supplies.