To put the hinge blocks in I had the ½ inch thick balsa wood left over from the me 109. I cut it into ½ x ½ strips and from those fit blocks between the ribs and flush with the bottom sheeting. Then removed the blocks and sanded them to be flush with the wing and flap end caps. The top and bottom sheet on the open end of the flaps spread when I cut it free of the wing so when that hinge block was installed I had to hold it in place while pushing the flap against a flat surface.

On that same end of the flap I had to add end caps. I made the mistake of cutting corners on the Kyosho me 109 and did not put the end caps in on the flaps and the wing, they are both fuel soaked now because I did not close up the area and cover it. To do this right we must go back to when I measured the line. I drew both the top and bottom line at 3 inches from the root rib. The root rib is installed at an angle to give us the dihedral the kit calls for. That means the lines I drew for the flaps were also drawn at the same angle. This is the intended out come, because as the flap is deployed there are pinch points if the flap end is cut square.

Understanding that the ends of the flaps are not square is important because before I hinge the flap I’m going to cut a little of the end of the flap to give me room for the gap and monokote so if I square it up there will be a large gap on the bottom of the wing. You can see in the end shots that I left plenty wood for removal before I run into the end cap.

Joe