I would go with Balsa brown.  In other words, do cover it yourself.  The covering that comes with these arfs leaves a lot to be desired.  Seams pulling apart, not sticking, looking like crap after a year of use. 

Hi Guys,
 I have to agree on the $kote finish on the ARF's. I opened my ARF Strega and closed it right back.
It looks as if it were covered on Friday when the supply of $kote was limited to pieces only.
No matter it's an ARF, I 'll build it stick an ST60 upfront and fly it, besides it will save my built up Strega for the contest.

Mike Clark

Well my new Strega came red and yellow....I thought it looked hideous.  My first one was the "white" one lost it due to wind turbulence in the horizontal 8.  So anyways I stripped the red and yellow and recovered it in monokote.  At first glance you think its a stock white Strega as I did like the wings scheme of the stock ARF so I copied that.  I did change up the fuse to better resemble the real Strega even more from my first one and added a belly scoop, P-51 rudder, taller bubble canopy, and P-51 wheel pants, and custom decals.  If I get another one I'll do a Voodoo themed one out of an ARC.

So yea I agree with the other guys strip it and do your own covering.  Only way to get that chinakote to last is to go over every seam with clear monokote.  Thats what I do on all ARF's but it still is not nearly as good as monokoting from scratch your self for years of durability down the road.

first Strega


new Strega