What Next?

Work will restart on the P-51.  Next effort is to seal the wing to get ready for paint.  Contemplated is the use os Sky Loft materiel I've had for years (similar to silkspan).  Plans are to test to see if it can be applied using water base sanding sealer... probably dumb... but I'd like to test the idea... on  a scrap of course.

Then it is a choice between two planes... the Balsa USA 1/4 Cub or an old Sterling PT-17 Stearman.  An opportunity a week ago came to break in the Ryobi engine and insure that it was suitable for the cub... and I'm fairly happy with it.  The only problem occured during too quick of decleration causing the engine to load up and shake for a couple of seconds or even die if the idle is very low.  Timing the decleration similar to that of a servo shows that there may be no problem.  The motor intended for the Stearman is the Zenoah G20 EI and I've not run it yet but will soon as I'm leaning on the Stearman build first.

Also... Linda asked if I'd like a plane for my birthday... silly question... eh.  So, I've sorta been looking around and who knows, something might capture the imagination (was kinda looking at a Balsa USA 1/4 Nieuport 17) but haven't asked around yet about this kit's ratings.