Paul,

thanks for the enthusiasm. It will be a momentous build for sure. I suspect that it will come after the Arrow and Blue Angel (in that order) as it's nice to culminate with the most complex design of the three. I have two NIB YS 45's FR's and pipes awaiting the Arrow and Aurora and an identical 45 FS for the BA. They were selling in abundance recently and I just couldn't pass them up. I'm thinking that the BA would be better off with a regular YS muffler or perhaps a slightly better one but not a pipe. I've done three under the wing pipe builds lately and it's not something I'm overly ecstatic about. A muffled YS on the BA would in any case be ample power I suspect. The Arrow will likely be rocket like with it's under the hood pipe as it's the smallest of the three (albeit probably not the lightest - the BA will probably be the lightest).

It will be a fun year when I finally embark on the 40 size MK project trio! 20 size MK builds will be first though. There are really two of them that I really look forward to: the Cosmos and the Skymaster - powered with OS 32 SX and 25 VF respectively.

Just day dreaming about these builds causes my head to feel warm...

I do look forward to seeing FB's A45 restoration.

David.