I ordered the plans while away on business, and couldn't wait to get home when my wife called to tell me they had arrived. I also ordered the free catalogs from both Wicks and Aircraft Spruce. I've heard a number of stories about the quality of service from these two vendors, so I'll try both and see what happens. The Robinsons are officially building Cozy MKIV Serial #1147! I like the sound of that: 1147... 747... Get it I have a tendency to rush things, so this project will in part be a test of my patience. I have decided to carefully read every word of the plans several times before beginning each step, and I'm not about to skimp on the introduction. It looks to me like I need to get some post-it notes and go through the newsletters to identify areas where the plans need to be updated. Update: No worries about patience. There is so much wait time between steps while things cure that I'm automatically prevented from rushing things. While reading through the plans, Nat makes it very clear that he frowns on major modifications. I fully support his reasoning, but I'm going to go with some minor changes that aren't as controversial (and perhaps one that is). For example, I do not intend to widen the fuselage, but I will probably install an electric pitch trim system, a joystick with more controls on it (to control the trim), and a few other things. There are a number of builders who have successfully made these modifications, and some are even endorsed by Nat in the newsletter. I've decided that every decision I make will be based on the knowledge that my children will likely be riding in back. Safety first! The Cozy plans are not the end-all answer to building this plane. There is also a newsletter, and changes to the plans for safety and other reasons are published there. It is therefore necessary to go through the plans to update them. To that end, I've purchased a glue stick, a pad of airmail paper (which is very thin) and a few pads of Post-It notes, and will make my modifications that way. The cost listed for this step went to those supplies. First, I made a list of all of the modifications for consideration. These are spelled out on a separate page. Next, I went through all of the newsletters, checking of plans changes as I made them. Fortunately, I have the "rev. 3" set of plans, so not many were required. It still took a while! I was diligent in reading every word of each newsletter because I wanted to pick up tidbits, like additional recommended tools. I'm glad I did - some of the letters contained useful details. I will probably end up getting this all again when I go through the electronic format mailing list archives, but what the hell, it's a good first step