tubig

thanks for the suggestions. i would like to stick with the dowel idea because i want to conceal the control horn for the elevator within the fuselage. the rudder will have the control horn outside on the left side of the rudder (which is opposite the TF method....you would think that they could have at least put the control horn on the same side as the full size because it's really just as easy...but that's another topic). E*nealio, i think your idea of using fiberglass to reinforce the joint may be the way to go.