ORIGINAL: gamewarden
Thanks for the help John, I cut the hinges, made new hinge slots and got it installed correctly no thanks to the instructions that came with the model. I just hope two hinges per elevator surface instead of the original three is going to work out OK.
That's what I usually do. When I rebuild a old classic plane or out of production aircraft, I usually take all the covering off and with a safety razor I cut the CA hinges right at the control surfaces, then I use my safety razor with CA debonder and cut the old ones out. If I gouge out the slots a little too wide, I just use a sheet of balsa and cut it the same length the gouge is, CA it in and sand smooth.
I did that when I restored my Greatplanes Fokker DR1.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10..._7/key_/tm.htm
What was really fun is removing the old Dubro Nylon Hinges! Not only we use epoxy with those hinges (most of the time) but they were pinned in with metal pins! [:@] If you want to do a quick job and not go all out and over do it like I did- then I'd just do what was already mentioned by gamewarden.
That's my take on it.
Pete