OK, back to the beginning. After stripping all the original covering off, I found a few issues that I decided to modify...

1) The hinging. I didn't get a "warm and fuzzy" feeling about using the supplied CA hinges on a bird this size, and the stock hinge slots were double-cut, crooked and just didn't look sound to me... so I opted to go with Robart Hinge Points.

Unfortunately, there didn't appear to be enough balsa in the LE and TE of the surfaces, so I had to add some. I cut out areas in the sheeting and installed some balsa hinge blocks at all hinge points of all flying surfaces, drilled them out and installed the hinge points.

2) Next, I found over half of the ribs in the both wings to be broken. However, they had obviously been broken during construction and glue applied to strengthen them back up. They seemed solid, but reminded me of a broken bone that had healed without ever "setting the bone" before healing. Healed in a crooked/disjointed position. So, I didn some rib scabbing to fix this issue before covering the wings.

3) Lastly, I decided to add some balsa tri-stock in critical areas around the formers from the canopy back to the tail. Not much, just a litle added support for such a light-weight build.

Tom