Keith,

she's looking sweet!! Actually those phenolics make her look down right mean! Trim scheme in mind yet?

I'm surprised you lost only 5 of ~200g in drying the controls. That's only 2.5% weight reduction. It sounds like they might have not absorbed that much after all. This is a good sign that your glassing job was nicely done - a good example of a well sealed surface; great for paint, not so much for plastic covering.

David.