Brian, if you don't feel you can cover around the ailerons, your best bet is to use a sharp xacto knife and cut each of the aileron hinges. Be careful no to let the knife get away when the hinge finally lets loose, you can cause some serious damage to the aileron or wings.

Once the ailerons are cut loose, then cut the hinges bask to the wood. The new hinges will go in close to the old ones. Don't try to save the old hinges or try to put the new one in the same place.

It depends on the covering that you are taking off. Monokote will usually strip right off with little leftover color. Some of the arfs are adiffirent animal though and I'v managed to pull the plastic surface off but leave all of the color which is the adheasive. I don't like to use heat as it just trys to stick it down tighter. Lots of little pices are best, I usually cut between the ribs and then strip fore to aft.

Goodl luck

Don