Hi Jonathan!
Skills - I'm lucky that Sam is my co-owner as he has most of the skills we need. I'm just the general skivvy (turned painting man!)
Space - I'm lucky that I have enough space, and if I had to pay for it the costs would have gone up considerably.
Patience - not being particularly patient by nature, this project has been excellent in teaching me to have some! Without it, a quality finish just can't be achieved and I've wanted it to be a beauty right from the start.
Finances - you'd be surprised at how little a re-build like this costs if there are no labour costs. We could easily have done it even cheaper than we have if we hadn't (at my insistence) replaced everything with new (mostly anyway).
So, a project like this can be turned around very very cheaply indeed if you want to. Added to which, the understanding one gets of the aircraft is superb once you have done this kind of thing.