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Well, finally found some time to work on the Enforcer. Life (wife and twin 19mth old twin girls) needed my time for than I did but I found some time today to spend out in the workshop. I cut the longerons for the fuselage sides. I payed very close attention to the angles of the joints and carefully cut them. I am really proud of the angled cut on the one longeron (actually, I dial in the angle into the disk sander and slower shave the balsa away). I glued the longerons to the fuselage side with carpenter's glue and all I can say is that you can never have too many clamps. While waiting for the glue to dry on longerons, I went ahead and started to glue together one of the vertical stabilizers. I only glued two of the three pieces together. Once they are dry, I will glue on the third piece. Finally, never assume that the straight sides of cut balsa is straight. Always sand the sides. I use a piece of aluminum angle with 150 grit sandpaper and slower sand the gluing edges. If done properly, you shouldn't really see a joining line. Later tonight, I will finish up the first stabilizer and glue the longerons to the other fuselage side.