Well, it has officially been done, today I mailed my 25% deposit for my wings!! woo hoo! I had planned to take delivery by about the middle of May since that is when I will have the balance saved. So yesterday, as I was checking out the new higher prices on the home page, I noticed that the lead time had gone from 8 weeks to 12. That triggered me sending in my deposit now instead of next month. 12 weeks from now should put me about the end of May. I gotta say, I'm already excited...even though I still have 3 months to wait. I tell ya, buying the wings makes the committment of what I'm doing sink in a little more. The wing kit, along with the capacitive option will set me back $6755. By the time I pay the balance on the wings, I will have about $10,000 into the project including tools and supplies. Thats a pretty serious chunk of change. I will most likely purchase a builders insurance policy when the wings arrive to protect my investment since homeowners insurance wont cover it in case of loss.
In the meantime, still working on the fiberglass tips. They are looing pretty good. It is a time consuming process and it is something that really is hard to make a lot of headway on.I usually only get about an hour working on it at a time. It goes something like this: do a layup, wait 24 hrs for it to dry, sand, fill, wait 24 hrs, sand, fill, wait 24 hrs, sand, etc. I can see why most builders do this task as they can in between other stuff. Since I am waiting on my wings, it doesnt bother me, it keeps me doing something for the time being. But if my wings were already here, I would be doing things differently. The good news is I will be done with it by the time the wings arrive, whereas most builders have it linger for quite awhile throughout the project. Although I have enjoyed the process and I've learned a lot, I will be happy to have it done and over with.
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