Uh oh, I made a mistake! This is my first kit build, and I *thought* I was following all the plans. I read them all the way through, and tried to make sure I was paying attention to what was coming, so I wouldnt build myself into a corner, but I did! I built the elevator, got the joiner wire all straight so the 2 halves laid level, and then, I epoxied the joiner in to the halves. The instructions never said not to, and there is no where anywhere in the instructions that tells you to. Sooo, i figured that was a good time as any. Boy was I wrong! I am now at the point where its time to set up the control rods, etc, and imagine my surprise when I went to stick the elevator on. How in the heck am I supposed to get the joiner wire past the vertical stab support? Heres my 2 thoughts on it, which do you guys think would be better??

1: Cut out a small segment of the stab support, slide the elevator in, then epoxy the piece back in? Would I need to drill a hole through the center up from the bottom and epoxy like an aluminum rod in there or something for support?? i dont want the vertical stab to tear off in flight! Would the epoxy be enough? If I do this, I will have to leave the elevator in place and just cover it all once i guess.

2: I could start over, go to my LHS, buy some balsa and rebuild the elevator.

#1 is my preference as it would be less work, but my main concern is structural strength. I dont want to risk #1 to save a few hours of work if it will jeopardize the lots of hours I have in building the whole plane. What do you all think about this? Someone must have made a similar mistake at some point? What did you do?