OK guys, and sorry Ken, but it is still raining pretty hard here. I could not go outside to sand on the "DAWG" and my eye caught that unfinished stabilizer sitting over in the corner all by itself. Sooooo, I looked at the plans and the written instructions by Charlie and whooooo, in a couple of ticks of the clock, a finished stabilizer and a pair of elevators came out of the cloud of balsa dust that I just let out the shops door. Just wanted to rough them into existence you know. It all looks pretty straight forward and pretty good so far. There will be a mod or two with agreement from the designer on the rudder placement and one piece elevator. Charlie recommends use of G-10 sheet f/glass like Frank Tiano sells so I will have to order it to help with the re-make of the rudder/elevator plywood hinges. I'm deciding what to do about the single 1/16" wire used to hinge the rudder. Maybe a nyrod/1/16" wire combo, a carbon rod/1/16" wire combo, or something like that. Charlie is smarted then I as the designer. He has a 14" piece of 1/16" wire that is sandwiched with balsa as the connecting hinge wire for the rudder. Plywood and G-10 serve as the hinges through which the wire passes through connecting the rudder fin with the rudder. I have seen Platt use the technique but as a scale building rookie, is there any chance of the 1/16" holes in the ply/glass hinges getting sloopy over time? Here are my first set of photos. Chic