Artistmike - I hope so too, he seems to love the planes and helis I fly although he isnt keen on the noise of the IC engines! He had a happy hour playing with the Nymph on the pond today, so it seems to have gone down well!
Progress started off pretty quick, the laser cutting is very nice and before long you end up with the basic structure assembled.
II only took the odd picture while going along, but you'll get the idea.
First up is the keel, you can see the front and rear formers have been attached in this shot, as has the breasthook.
Now this may look like some crazy goings on but trust me, it is all square. I've no real building area at home so I have to improvise. The window sill is at a slant, but the two cabin sides are perpendicular to the former and it is all clamped up so it stayed that way!
This is the main structure built. Next up was some fiddling with the angled windows above the cabin roof.
The rear cabin area is something which troubled me a bit. The floor originally was quite low, but I needed to raise it sufficiently to hide my NiMH under it, I was just worried it might be too high to look good. At this stage, I was also wondering where to put the rudder servo. I didn't much want to raise the floor enough to have it under it, so I thought maybe build a box at the back and decorate it as a seat.