fhhuber:

I think there's enough space around the slots I made to make new slots, so instead of having 5 hinges, I'll just end up with 6 (three each side of the center line) and fill the old slots with the balsa sheeting like you've said. But this time, I'll make sure that the slots are perfectly centered using the hinge slotting kit.

It's a little dissapointing that I've managed to fudge this up so soon in construction, especially after that sanding job, but well, at least it's fixable.

When I get the hinge slotting kit, I think I'll pick up a sheet of balsa as well for some practice. One of the nice things about that Midwest Aero-star is that quite a bit of it comes precut, but that also means that I don't have much in terms of scrap balsa to practice on.

thanks for the advice,
Savi.