Completely sheeted vert stab. Of course at this point I found the 3/16" x 3/4" x 4" strip for the upper stab (in the hardware bag).

Came up with a rudder by dropping the angles off a couple side photos and the one line drawing I have. It's a sandwich of 3/16" balsa core with a 3/16" plywood stiffener in the base. On either side of that are 1/16" plywood insets flush with the 1/16" outer sheath. Should provide a good anchor for the tailwheel torque rod and as a base for the pull-pull control horns (which will actually be a single through-bolt).

Side panels for the turtle deck. These need to be tapered down towards the rear. Found that former 7 is about 3/8" too tall. Die-cut and plans pattern are wrong but the side-view is correct. Harumph. Easy fix, but scared the crap out of me when I dry-fit the top sheeting.

I also figured out what the written line: "Note that the bottom edge will have about a 1/8" curve to it" means. I radiused the inner edge with a razor plane, but what I should also have done was to trim the side sheet because it bowed up as I bent it inward. Did not notice this when I trial fit and "T" pinned it in place. Oh well, that's what balsa filler is for. There's a little "smile" along one side where it meets the longeron. I'll splice and glue in 1/32 balsa strips and then smooth with wood filler.

Core and sheeting piece for the rudder.

Gray lines are the original silhouette and the red is altered state. Makes you wonder if the same hand that drew up the sweet curves of the P-40 was at work here. Angular and lovely it ain't, but distinctive.

Core glued to starboard sheeting. You can see the ply pieces. Some "augmentation" of the elevators so I can reshape the edges to a shape more similar to that of the Curtiss. Actually the tail doesn't look so bad when viewed in total. The Curtiss has a straight vertical hinge line but the rear swept line of the Phaeton makes it appear "finer" at the top even with the vertical trailing edge.

Good thing the weekend is here - I'm caught up on my images.