THanks guy's and i'll keep that in mind LDM.

Again working on her slowly between 3 other projects and some repairs, but it wouldn't be an avid R/C modeller if i wasn't

I have glued some balsa to make the fillets between the fuse and the hori stab, added some filler and sanded. I will glass it all together when i glass the hori stab hopefully tomorrow. My composite technician buddies have told me that i need to make sure i glass while its warm and not while it's cold at night, and seing as it's 1am, it i'll have to wait.

I also printed out the three view drawing, rudder section enlarged to the same size as my vertical stabilizer. i have placed the kit's rudder over and under the drawing to see how far out it is..... hummm[:@]

It's basically of the same construction which is typical of these warbirds, i used 2 layers of 1.5mm balsa (1/16") ") glued cross grained for the crutch, followed by 8mm hard balsa for the leading edge and medium/soft 3mm balsa for the ribs. all i have to add now is the soft balsa block for the top and bottom of the rudder and she is complete, and ready for covering. as it stands now, my new rudder is 25% lighter than the kit one.

Over the next few days i hope to glass the hori stab and start on the tail wheel area followed by a decision about what type of hinge i'm going to use on the rudder and also wheather i'm going to use a pull-pull cable system or stick with the original pushrod setup.

I also poured another copy of the canopy because i wasn't happy with the adjustments i had made to the first one, this one looks better and i'll try and get a pull of it done next week.

thanks

dave