Well guys, I bit the bullet this holiday season and decided I MUST get some work done on the C-130. I cut my elevators out of the hor. stab... of course... I cut them too long. I am having some trouble with the stab seating in the saddle. I cannot seem to get the front aligned right. I am going to cut my nacelles today and try to make my firewalls tonight.... maybe even try to get the engines mounted in the nacelles by the end of the week.

Have any of you looked closely at the alignment of the actual core edges when in the saddles? On the first wing I built and the second as well, I found them to not be aligned at some points. they would be as much as a 1/16 twist between cores. I think I am going to glue the cores together first (1 piece wing), then sheet them in the saddles once the cores are bonded together.

Any pointers on the hor. stab?

Hope everyone had a great holiday

Bill Richardson