pappy35

Once I got the wing servo mounts installed I moved on to the fuselage by adding the turtledeck formers and stringers. I then finish sanded the entire fuelage down to 320 grit (it's easier to do this without the tail installed). Paying careful attention to alignment while framing up the fuselage paid for itself big time in that the wing and stab were perfectly parallel. I aligned and installed the tail surfaces with no issues at all.

I dreaded doing the tail filler blocks because I just really hate carving. I used a bandsaw to the cut the taper and a block plane to rough-in the shape. That and a little sanding and I had both of them done in under half an hour. I actually anticipated having a couple of failures so I even bought a set of backup blocks just in case but luckily they weren't needed.