I always cover a plane then finish installing and glueing the hinges in so I am a bit confused as to the pinning of the hinges with tooth picks after it is covered, do you cover over the tooth picks with what ever color is to be used??
I did some experimenting with the live hinges that comes in the kit and on some pin/flat hinges I found in a junk box, I installed the hinges in some scrap balsa and used epoxy and both the small pin/flat and the Goldberg pin/live hinges stayed in the wood with me pulling as hard as I could.
The reason I am a bit concerned is the ones that pulled out on my W.M. Extra 1/4 sc.
I am going to be installing a Saito 180 iin the bipe(I know...major overkill) but my buddy had a Y.S 140 in his Goldberg bipe and it was a blast to fly so I says to myself...180 in CG bipe...why not.
Below is a pic of the hinges I have...I am starting to lean towards the medium Robarts. The one main reason I did not just go ahead and use the Robarts is I had already sheeted the hor. stab and vert. stab ...but a small amount of surgery on the under side of the horz. stab and vert stab is all thats needed so I can hen build up the stuff that is already sheeted.