I've heard nothing specific but I believe you're right, it looks pretty close to being ready. Having had a LOT of Beta and Alpha testing under my belt, I can say that for the Devs/Coders this is the point where the "rubber meets the road" in terms of getting it all right & hoping there are minimal issues that either slip past the Beta screening or issues that affect a handful of users after release. In most cases, we get it right but we all know bugs happen or improvements come from interaction with end users that help bring service packs about. In both the initial releases and post release, both us Beta testers and Devs work brutally hard to try to make sure you end users are happy. I'm not involved with the F-27 model but I feel it will do well based on what I see. It's a long overdue subject!
BTW, hoping for a Piedmont paint! I went aboard a FH-227 version owned by Piedmont when I was young. They sold the last ones off not terribly long after that.