i have a sofia. the sofia is slightly taller than my acrobat. as for the body, its hard to describe unless you have seen one. the delrin part of the top is almost exactly as tall as the aluminum upper. i got a black sofy and when the black get dinged or knicked, you still see black. yeah, the whole top is solid black. the reason i saythis is one of my guilias is green but when it got knicked white showed through. i guess only the outer parts were dyed. i highly recoment the sofia. it is one of my finest tops.