Thank you gentlemen. Thankfully I got to build my Dad's Slow Poke before this so I had my feet wet. I've not done a project like this in many years. I've got a partially built Estes Rocket/.049 canard (don't remember the name off hand). That might give you an idea how long it's been!
Jan, do you have a thread for your D V? (I'm paging through your Posts list) I'd like to have a look at that. After this one I'm considering the D VI that's out there...
I'm a bit younger than you, Bill, but started out the same way. Managed to never finish much, and crashed what did fly, but there is still something to be said to going back to the old way. The number of ARFs is pretty impressive & is keeping the hobby alive, but so much can be said for building & flying your own that it's hard to explain the satisfaction of that experience to the younger guys.