Today I got the fuselage built (you do it "on the wing"), stab installed, tail skid, fit the engine (I flipped the cylinder to an "inverted position on the Black Widow) and most of the top sheeting, plus fitting the hatch. A *little* more sheeting, the head rest, and I can start the covering/painting. I plan to cover it with red jap tissue on the wings, haven't decided on the fuselag color.
BTW: Ray, the nickle is a 1964, which is the second year I was "seriously" flying C/L! I coulda built one of these back then.
This has been an absolute JOY to build, and one of the easiest kits to build I have ever done. I didn't have to do hardly anything other than glue stuff together, parts fits were near perfect all the way around. I like the way Ray does things. He marks positions and such almost exactly like I do!
Pictures tomorrow, I left the camera upstairs at the computer by accident.