Lets jump to the contruction of the tail feathers. Here they are all layed out on a towel. At this point, all of the flight surfaces are foam and a bit delicate so I have been using a towel to protect them. The hinge covers were cut back in 2009 when I attempted to start this build.
On the original directions that I had, it never mentioned to put aileron stock on the trailing edge of the elevators. The newer direction book that I got shows that and of course, I did not have that so off to the hobby shop I went! I have glued the aileron stock on the elevators at this point.
I did not have the longer spar with this kit either but had the center, shorter one. haveing that length and a set of calipers, I was able to measure the width of the fuse at the spot of the spars and determine the length of the longer spar. It was tapered, marked and installed on one side.