Bill--ship it to me so I can get a closer look.

Bill: I sure wish I could paint that bad.

Whine, whine, whine. Hey, you have to look at it like this. Is it serviceable? Will it peal half way through the season? If not, then just go fly it.   

Seriously, it doesn't look bad at all. I think you, like me, are a lot more critical about this stuff than others are. I keep promising myself that this next plane, I'm just going to take my time on and get it right. Maybe I even will.

Hi Randy,

Dude, this is one of the very best flying planes I have ever flown!  And that's rigth off the board.  
The paint isn't going to come off, but you cannot see the pock marks from where the tape lifted paint, and I couldn't get to go away, teh slightly different shade the red came ot on the touch ups, and other glitches that don't show up in the picture.  BUT!  it does look REAL good in the air!    But you're right, I REALLY wanted this one to be "Front Row", and I ended up just getting it into the air.

Did I say how good it is already flying??

ah the paint job is the best part, before that its all fidgety work, after that ist flying and worrying about crashing. the paint work is FUN,,
(ok so I am a twisted guy I already knew that)

Bill,

The ugly truth is that all paint jobs are from hell.

Al

Boy isn't that the truth, don't believe I've ever finished a stunter without painting it at least twice.. Usually sanding the first attempt off which takes forever in itself.. Even after all that I end up with just an average finish.. They are getting better but I still don't really have a handle on making one front row and probably never will... Monokote wings and Rustolium on the fuselage is sounding better every day..

>>Well Bill, the good news is the pretty ones fly crappie are short lived and the ugly ones fly great and last forever!<<

Man, isn't that the truth. Seems the few times when I get a really good finish and the plane actually flies well, I end up dinging the thing twenty time and it's one, big patch job. Sigh...