Yaaaaaa, my plane is almost done. Patty is looken pretty hot!!

I need to set the cg on it yet. I tried to put my fingers where the directions said but I don't trust that technique on a big plane like this one. I read a post that said to pull out the wings out a little from the side of the plane and tie a couple pieces of string around the wing tube. Will this work? How did you guys do it?