ok, my building has begun. I want to be clear on this mixmaster.. I took 4 pieces of tri stock and reached through where the gas tank goes and epoxied them in the 4 corners vertically (from belly of plane to the top) above the area the landing gear mounts (actually i stopped just below the opening where the fuel tank is inserted because the tri stock would have partially narrowed the opening and hendered me inserting the tank). I think I got them to the bottom of the belly but not sure my fingers not long enough to feel. It is hard to reach place. the place was only about 1" between the formers and I could feel tri stock from the factory centered along the bottom (horizontally) of the plane. Does this sound right?

Now, I have some wood (it is actually balsa wood that is 1/4 x 1" soaked in CA and doubled to make it 1/2 x 1" ) cut to the size that barely fits between the formers where the verticle tri stock i glued earlier went (this is the space right above where the landing gear mounts to bottom of fuse). I was going to epoxy these at the bottom between the formers touching the factory tri stock. I actually was going to put 2 in, one on each side (right and left). would they be needed? do I need to get hard wood instead (long trip to LHS but can if a must). Does all this make since and sound like I am doing it right??? I am scractching my head wondering if this strengthens what needs to be strengthened. Do i need to do anything else to that area? Please let me know asap... U said use some thinned epoxy and coat the former joints.. All of them I can reach or just the ones at the landing gear area?

moving on to hinges, I picked up some dehingable 1/4 scale heavy duty hinges. these are nylon i believe. they are not as long as the slits cut by the factory for the ca hinges. I guess i will center them... They are slightly thicker but can be easily worked in i believe. How do i seure them? do i use ca (thin or medium), epoxy or what.. and do i just put them where the factory cut the slits? I think 3 on each aileron and so on....

please forgive my ignorance.. never used most this stuff and never tried so hard to make sure something is so right... Please please answer each question... thank you so much.. anyone else feel free to chime in also..