Steve Buso and his Zap Machine WERE the inspiration for the paint Scheme. His plans are works of art as are his airplane designs and paint work. The videos I had of Windy interviewing him at the 1992 Nats with that plane were awesome. Steve described the plane in detail, including the paint, where he stated the topcoat was 'DAU 82" a 2part clear by PPG, which I also used to topcoat the Skylark with. Windy's last comment at the end was "Well, good luck in the Concours, that's all I have to say". Sure enough he won! 😃