Thanks, guys. I was distraught when all the spots appeared after removing the tape. I had spent some time with Billy when he won the '96 NATS Classic with his and I wanted to build one real bad. It has set now for a couple years since I just couldn't work on it! It was actually coming out to be the best (smoothest) finish I had put on a plane so far. I spent a WHOLE lot of time going over the surfaces, candleing them to find each and every little imperfection. Then WHAM! Bare silkspan in little 1/8th inch wide spots every where there was a trim line. The finish on this plane has no filler at all. Just clear Nitrate dope over 2 tenths oz. CF veil that I let cure, sanded, more clear, cure, sand until it was perfectly smooth.
I think it will look pretty darn good from 60' away on the handle end, but if it ever gets a chance at appearance points (our local contests do not use them!) it will suffer. I just couldn't tear all the silkspan off the open areas and redo it.
I *think* it will be in the mid-high 30 oz. range and with a great Aero Tiger 36, it should all be up to me as to how well it flies.
It will hit the air in a couple weeks.