Here is the Fuselage as it arrived with the kit.   In the picture, you can clearly see the front bulkheads in place.

 

 

Here's our spar as it arrived.   Not very heavy.  Didn't weigh it but I think it's around 30 lbs.

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Antenna placement  

Marker Beacon in fuselage belly?
GPS & ELT in nose.  We may want two GPS antennas. 
Glide Slope in canard area?
What About NAV antenna?

 

 

BRS System   We want a Ballistic Recovery System.  Look into getting this done.  Look into canister locations.
     

Zolatone interior Paint

     Paint choices

 

I like that splattered paint look for an interior, see:  here for more information.  Be sure to finish with a clear coat.  This same guy put his advice on a forum:

A lot of builders try the cheap spray can stuff in Home Depot that gives a textured finish. Don't waste the $6. It lasts about 20 minutes and don't waste your time on Stonefleck or spatter paints that are made for car trunks. Both will peel off within a year. 

Zolatone speckle paint is like steel. It comes in about 6 or 8 color options. Be sure to get the Zolotone clear coat which adds the shine and the durability. In 2 years of climbing in an out I haven't been able to damage the zolotone.

Tips on spraying Zolotone:
You need a pressure adjustment and a wide nozzle. Spray the color base first on high pressure, then reduce pressure to 2lbs and spray the speckles.

Don't paint the interior until you're done fixing things to the fuselage wall, because it's really hard to get off when you want to do a glass to glass bond. (Hint - you're never done fixing things to the fuselage wall).

Mask everything VERY carefully when spraying Zolatone. The speckles fly a long way and stick like lumps of rock. Cured over spray on the wing and canopy (15 ft away) took me a long time to get off. You have to [get] the spray gun into a lot of small nooks and crannies. This is hard even with a mini gun. Hint - Spraying Zolatone in some of the small nooks and crannies is impossible without creating lots of over spray that blows back in your face, then settles onto everything in the shop.

Don't bother painting anything that isn't visible during normal operations. Zolatone is heavy.

Zolatone will cover seams and joins in fiberglass quite well. If they're neatly trimmed to start with the results look VERY professional. If the joins are ugly the Zolatone will at least take the untrained eye off it. Everything sort of merges with the speckles.