I am building another one of my Herr Kits, should be a fun easy build. I am beefing it up a bit and may add ailerons.

This is a fast build, the fuselage is done in less than a day, not bad for using only white glue. The kit goes together well with the parts cut perfect. I did not like the 1/16 stringers so I sheeted those areas with balsa. I first sanded the formers down 1/16 of an inch then made paper patterns for the balsa sheet. I sprayed the balsa sheet with Windex and taped into position and let it dry over night. This morning I trimmed to a perfect fit and glued in place. The rear of the fuselage uses balsa block instead of stringers as called for in the plans. I have not decided how I am going to mount the motor so I did not glue the motor mount in yet. I have to wait for my spruce to come in before I can start the wing. The wing uses balsa spars, I am going to use spruce and sheet the top front portion of the wing with balsa.

I must say this is a great kit for the price, just needs a little beefing up. I decided not to add ailerons, but I did beef up the wing and landing gear and the wing will bolt on. My spruce came in for the spars so I was able to build the wing, man spruce is hard to find these days. My last Herr kit was the Piper Cub and I wish I would have sheeted the top of the wing instead of using stringers, I don't like the starved look. Also the balsa sheet does not add much weight. I am still waiting on the grooved wheel blocks, wheels and tail wheel assembly. Once those arrive I will begin covering and have her finished. So far the weight as shown is 2.4 oz. I really like these Herr kits and the next one will be the Herr Pitts. I will make those wings bolt on and will sheet the top front portion of the wing and rear fuselage. Also it will be electric. But before that I am working on my own design and will see how that goes.

I built the Aqua Star last year. Very nice kit. I usedan electric power setup which was easy to install. Flys very nicely. Herr kits are great value for small park type planes. I built it to fly off snow in our nasty winters.

scigs30,

I took the dot out of your weight figure.

Zor

I started covering my Mini Sport tonight and decided to go with Aluminium. I first tried Coverite Microlite film and ended up ripping it off. The stuff is real light and I could see right through the Silver, not what I want from an RC build. So I went back to my old trusty Monokote. I have the fuselage done but will probably tear the detail off the cockpit and apply a strip of black Monokote.
If I have time tomorrow, I will finish the rest of the structure.

I am almost done with this build, so far as shown she weighs 5 oz, not bad for the mods I did. Still have not decided what I am going to do with the cockpit area, the windshield that came with the kit is too thin and flimsy.