Actually, I am drilling and tapping the ply for nylon bolts. I picked up some 10-24 nylon bolts today. They should be big enough for the job, but not as noticeable as the 1/4-20 that I have laying around. If I paint the heads of the bolts yellow, they should pretty much disappear against the covering of the stab.
So here I am ready to drill the stab for the bolts when I find that I have a 10-32 tap and not the 10-24 that I thought I had. My bad, but I'll be driving by the hardware store tomorrow morning.
My pilot arrived, and he looks good. I call him Max. I will probably add a base to raise him up a bit.
He is the Aces of Iron "Blue Max" bust painted by Greg Pierson, who you can find on the Aces of Iron web site. Painting is not one of my strengths.