John,

To get the thrust angle, I used thrust plates like these:-

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXE953&P=7

... from a local hobby store.

I used Robart hinge pins on every control surface. If you take reasonable care over drilling the holes accurately, and work Vaseline into the hinge before inserting them, they go in pretty easily. There's a lot of 'meat' to drill into, the only slight problem being that the ailerons are the top-hinging layout, which means the pins create a little bump on the top edge. You angle the pins down into the aileron but the hinge pin still fits on the sharp edge of the aileron and therefore leaves a little bump.

I will try to take some pics of my belly pan layout and post them later today.

The only other thing I would mention is that it's worthwhile taking your time over fitting the wing joiner. You must take into account the fact that the fuselage tapers slightly, (downwards) so there's a 1/8 inch gap between the underside of the wing and the fuselage side, while it's flush against the top of the wing halves so measure the spacer that aligns the position of the ply joiners against the top of the wing.

David C.