Been quite a while since I last posted on this thread. Things haven't progressed any from where my last post left off. We've had a bit of a rough time with my mother-in-law fighting cancer (successfully, she's in full remission) and my wife's hours at work being cut in half. We lost our new (well, used, but nearly new) Honda because we couldn't make the payments and ended up having to put a bunch of money into our old one to prolong its life. Needless to say hobbies took a back seat for a long time. We still don't have much money but things are slowly - ever so slowly - moving forward.
I pulled out the Super Flash again and am starting to work on it a bit more. Basically right now I'm getting it ready for paint. I still need to get a parachute and some hardware, or I may just try my hand at making my own 'chute (hah!). The eye bolts that came with the kit are open so I either have to get new welded or forged ones or I may have someone try to weld the ones I have. Beyond that will come as it may.
I haven't given up on the hobby, I've just had to take a rather longer break from it than I'd have preferred.