Made some progress this evening.

I build slowly, by the way...I say it's because I'm meticulous. My wife has another word for it...but whatever


1. Got a package in the mail today. I've never used Koverall before; should be interesting. I think I'll buy an airbrush when I get to the finishing stage.

2-3. This is a jig I made to cut clearances for the Robart hinge points. It allows me to cut uniformly for all hinges. I use the jig on the LE of the control surface to mark the location of the cutout. Then I use a square to extend that location to the left and right sides of the control surface. Then I align the jig with the marks and cut along the edges. Some cleanup on the inside and you end up with:

4-5. A nice clean clearance. And they'll all be the same, which appeases my need for uniformity.

6. Sanding block I made to bevel control surfaces.

7. The sanding block makes it easy and quick to make a nice clean bevel on both sides.

8-9. The results. A nice tight hinge joint with plenty of travel. Pretty happy with this one. Now...to repeat it 6 more times.

10. I'm sanding the elevators as a unit to ensure they're symmetrical.

11-12. Now that the elevators are symmetrical, I can trim the ends of the stabilizer to match the elevator balance tabs. Can't get much better than that

Hmmm...do I take too many picutures?

TBC...