I have read these responses with some interest as I inch, no creep towards a first flight this fall, hopefully.  Mine is a non pressurized LIV with fast build door and tail.  I spent one week in Redmond closing the wings, horz and elevators.  That was in May of '01.  Since then I have worked 5 days a week, about 6 hours a day, maybe 45 weeks a year for 5.5 years (I am retired from organized labor; so this keeps me out of the bars).  It has been mainly me, though the neighbor ladies helped flip wings and now that I am at the airport, I have some help from time to time--mostly semi unsought "advise" that adds to the hours.  A few key strokes and 7425 appears!!  Now I am doing a good bit of the interior myself, and of course that includes a year and a half of bodywork and priming, and I did not use any of the fast build options like firewall fwd and I wired most everything but the panel myself--but golly that is a big number.  I made a few changes and custom do-dads that added hours, but I also built a LongEZ some years ago so I started with a bit of fiberglass experience.  7425 does not include fret and think time, or phone calls for help--but it does include some systems check out challenges like leaky fluids here and there and a current software incompatibility between Chelton, Crossbow and my laptop which is driving me crazy.

So there you have it--one more voice--and yes I would do it again in a heart beat!

paul tackabury, N94PT, mostly