This makes so much sense that I'm daffy with excitement. My Brodak Buster has been sitting on a table in the basement unfinished because I got stuck on how I was going to do the hinges. I think properly installed MonoKote hinges like you describe is a really neat procedure. I've known about MonoKote hinges but never thought that they would hold up to the rigors of a Controline model. I will do as you suggest and just take some scrap balsa and test it. Thanks for sharing that man. Tom.