Man oh Man - the Holiday Season sure is busy!
Ok I'm starting to actually cut some wood. I have stripped enough 1/32" aircraft plywood for all the tail surface laminations.....still need to strip a bunch to 1/16" balsa. The strips are 5/8" by 4' long.......that will make the tail 5/8" thick, and with all the laminations it should be very stiff and strong (and relatively light, too).
There will be (from the inside out) 2 laminations of 1/16" balsa followed by a 1/32" ply, 1/16"balsa, 1/32" ply, 1/16" balsa, 1/32" ply, 1/16" balsa, 1/32" ply and then 4 layers of 1/16" balsa (enough to be sanded to a nice round profile). This should yield a 5/8" thick by 11/16" wide outline for all the tail surfaces.
I cut the plywood with the band saw and used a Master Airscrew balsa stripper for the balsa strips. When I get enough balsa stripped, I will pin the laminating forms to the table and then wet the strips where they need to bend around corners and pin them to the form until dry. Then slap on some wood glue and pin them around the form and leave until dry.
This process will probably take a couple of weeks.