Ok.. looking back at everything makes you really think about the engineering behind this C-130. Even without the pure electronic stuff... this is a complicated thing. I talked to Jim Corkern the other day about soemthings, and we really got to talking about it. I think that this plane, on the first build goes something like this...
done a task...
scratch head...
Lower head... s
ay a few cuss words...
grab a beer...
think that you could or should have done something 3 steps ago...
Attempt to patch, fix, or re-do that you are calling yourself an idiot for doing or not doing in the first place

Overall, mine is starting to come together, but I am really thinking about what I should have done earlier... and in what order.

My big headache right now is the front wing saddle where the two wing dowels go through... I had epoxied in the wood holder and thought it was in. I went out in the garage one day and it was on the floor. The epoxy had not reacted fully, and has not to this date. It is a semi hard rubbery compound... what to do now? I CA'ed in a new one last night, but got to thinking how much easier this might have been if I had done this before I joined the halves! anyway... I am through venting now.

Crap. I forgot to ***** about the pin holes in the nacelles.... There ARE LOTS of them in the nacelles. I guess it is because it is a much smaller part.

Bill R