I built one of these about a year ago. I used the blind nuts and original bolts and have had no problems. Mine is powered with a Saito 1.20 and I split the elevators and placed the servos for the elevators (2) in the tail. I also ran the rudder as a pull pull using a Dubro setup. The plane balanced well with this setup (no spacer block, the 1.20 is a very tight fit) and flies beautifully. I also did away with the strip aileron idea and used two servos in the wings. It probably wasn't necessary but at the time I thought it was.

The covering that comes on the plane is kinda cheap but has held up very well with the exception of the black stripes which I wound up replacing with ones that I cut from monocote. One of my favorite planes to fly and a tough little sucker too. You will like it.