Oh yeah! Very cool! I need to do that also. My first solo was the Sterling Beginner Mustang. No dope or paint job, but used a Majic Marker to draw checker boards on the fuselage to make it look as much like E.D Weiner's Reno racer! I still have the original box, and acquired a kit to put that contents into my old box. Will have to get at that soon to compliment my Cox Stuka!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee