Jimo
Thanks.. The only issue I've found is the strut angle is about the limit of the ball links travel even with the spacer they provide with the links.
It's no big dear since it does work and they lay down nice and flat on the wing for storage.

Now if I can solder a nylock onto the fusealage strut bracket without melting the nylon I'll be happy.

I found a 12" GI Joe in the kids toy box.. he looks great in there but I'd have to cut him off at the knees or make some boot size holes in the F2 former so he can straddle the fuel tank.

Sebo

I didn't think about the ends chafing the wiring.. I'll be sure to keep an eye on the wiring in that area.
I might look into melting the ends of the straws a little to create a smooth edge.
Some cloth nylon abrasion sleves might also do the trick.
Something like this stuff http://cableorganizer.com/nylon/

Makes me wish I still lived near Boeing Surplus.. They has rolls of the stuff available for cheep.

JimO's Silicon tip sounds like the easy way to do it.

I'm not worried about the front wing mount.. It's epoxied to the ply cabin doublers and backed with some large ply triangle braces.
It's not light ply, It's the hard stuff. On the wing side the dowels go through a ply front plate and back into the ply main spar joiner.

I'm more worried about the rear wing bolt blocks that the front plate.
I added a cross piece to tie the bolt blocks together so I'm ok with them now too.