Hey Ed, thanks for your kind words..............no I haven't forgotten the rewound G.bees. they will be sent to you around mid/ end of january. My plug man has been rebuiding his spotwelder complete with holding jigs for the globeed plus a wire container.
The viper is a well built model and I believe anyone who mess's around with the tailplane dihedral seat will only make it worse. Its easily drawn to check the seat angle- I did it yesterday with a bottle of wine as my companion- yes xmas day was yesterday here, and my wife was doing some amazing cooking........ham , turkey, lamb- no wonder I have put on some weight!

The biggest problem with anyone setting up the vee tail for the first time is that the elevators need to be thoroughly checked for correct alignment when connecting the pushrods- its easily done with a 'constant reference'- even a bit of 1/4 square balsa top and bottom of each tailplane panel will give a very good reference point to control the accuracy. The other way is to make up a guide using say 1/4 inch balsa with an accurate slot cut into it the same thickness as the tailplane. Mark a centre line for and aft of the slot and there you have a very suitable jig. It dosen't matter whether you don't sit the template parallel to the centreline of the tailplane- as long as the slot is a tight fit then the centreline will always be correct.
Have a good xmas and new year- regards to you all from new zealand, trevor hendersn.