Coolstuff there guys,
I inherited an Alpha wing (not 1/2A) once and had the gear for a plane. I made a fuse out of one of those big fat $2.00 kids bats bolted the engine on to some cuttin board and sandwiched some yard stick to that going aft and LG going down. Zip tied it into a slot on the fat end of the bat. The motor annd tank stuck out thefront, lg and rails stuck in. A second bat was sacrified to become the cowl. Coro tail feathers. Everyone called it the "Alpha Bat" It had an old Fox bushing .40 and would not die. Finally I scrapped it out to build sumpin' else.
The fun part about flying "junk" is you can be really fearless.