The Gee Bee has been a long process!! As Tom pointed out, I've had several of the Bob Miller 'Extended Gee Bee's'. Especially the last one had a direct influence on this one. But, this one is a clean sheet of paper... Slightly more area at 675 sq in, 62" span, with the big fuselage, low wing and dihedral. Short nose and long tail, with the outline as close to scale as possible. Fuselage molded on a blue foam buck turned on the lathe. I had no idea where the problems were going to be, so if there is a MK II version, it will have several detail changes, most notably, a weight reduction program!! The 'Intrepid Aviator' pilot has had some some hair raising moments, but hasn't bailed out yet...!!!
I must give a lot of Thanks to Todd for his encouragement! And the occasional kick to get back to work on it!! And to Billy Werwage for his thoughts on how to deal with big fuselages.
Thanks to everyone for their kind comments about the plane.
Jim