Super post!
I appreciate the information and the obvious outstanding effort that went into the presentation.

I'm looking forward to the elevator installment.

Many thanks, my hinges tend to be rather stiff as well and it's always a pain to dig out the balsa wood from the skin hinge line. I even made a special tool, but the results are not what I would like.

I have three wings skinned right now and will give your method a go.

Thanks,
Stan Douglas