A little more done over the weekend, I have to say however the instruction manual is well documented but the descriptions are a little vague sometimes and you really have to treble check all jobs to make sure nothing should have been fitted earlier!

Managed to cut out the speed brakes, which due to the shape require alot of patience. Once cut the best way (after a few failed attempts!) is the tape them back in position on the fuselage and then fit the support frames whilst they are in position. any tension in any direction distorts the brake and they do not line up.

Having glued the brake structures the hinges were the next job, following a few trial and error attempts I decided to measure the distance from the hinge base to the pivot pads, this then was translated into some ply blocks which were stuck to the former allowing it to be fitted to the fuselage in exactly the correct position so the hinges would line up. You will also see some "T" lengths of balsa which kept the former located and parallel until some spot zap-gap held things tight.

In the end only minor tweeking on the fitting was required - more pics tomorrow.

Marc.