Wow, it's been a long time since an update! Can you believe I'm still working on this project? It's been set aside for a couple years since moving to the Midwest. I got a bunch done over the recent Christmas break, however, and I'm hoping to have it done for this year's flying season.

The whole airplane has been sprayed with Chrome Aluminum Krylon and buffed panel-by-panel to give an awesome aluminum appearance. Thanks to Bob Frey for sending me the instructions for how to do this. I'm halfway through painting the invasion stripes at the moment. I still need to paint the cowl, paint & install the cockpit kit & dummy engine, and move on to final assembly. I'm sticking with the 353rd Fighter Group scheme I posted 3 years ago in post #8.

The FPE was sold with the muffler, and I've gone for a Saito FG-36 instead. This required cutting a couple inches off the engine box and installing a new firewall. I work for Horizon now so I had to go with one of our house brands.

If I can get it done, I'm toying with taking it to the AMA Scale Nats this summer. I've never competed, so I'm pretty sure my legs would turn to jello and my thumbs would shake uncontrollably during my first flight round!