[8D]Hi Peter, good evenings, ( at least here in Southern Spain ).
I must again give you my thanks for your experienced help and support on this model. I just did a order to TowerHobbies for the TopFlite SmartStripe and the Dubro Hinges for the rudder. Maybe when the order will be at home perhaps almost the triming I hope that will be done, but it doesn´t matter cause for sure it will be used on others future projects. I went to my local hobby shop and find only the woodpeccker and I used to prepare the lower wing surface to iron the Balcan Kreuzs. As you said it helps a lot in less time to do all these pinholes, but anyway I continued also using the pin near the perimeter cause I feel yet more precision on these areas near the edges.
The only and real problem to follow your recomendations is find here in Spain the replacement Hangar 9 landing gear. In Madrid there is some hobbyshops that sell Hangar 9 models and I called them asking for the DVII landing gear but they do not have and said they doesn´t know when they will have. I just tried order myself to Horizon models by their website but it is not possible order outside U.S., or at least I don´t know how..[]
Anyway I just cheked my DR1 landing gear and it was an addendum sheet on the instructions explained that my gear it was the last one improved version, so, on this I got some lucky.
I just finished by now the lower wing. It needs yet some work and more detailing like the skids, painting the ribs stich on the uppersurfase and barnishing, but I preffer do all these things when all the three wing will be detailed.
Well Pete, that is all by now. God bless you and your family, my friend and TX very much again for all your help and share with us that artwork that you did with your DR1.
Manolo.