Well,

after a few weeks of working on wings and stabs, I'm running out of reasons not to join their panels. Although the retract wells are perfectly functional, they are a hair off perfect circularity (cool word) - or shall I say: gibbous wells. This is primarily due to the stub spars lining the well area which prevents a circle of the ideal diameter when using 2.25" wheels on mains. Perhaps a landing gear plate of 3" width would be more suitable to allow the entire wheel well to be encompassed by foam rather than bordered by stub spars. I'll get them perfectly circular on the next wing.

For those interested, attached are a few snaps of the electric Kraft Multicon (4.8V) & wheel setup (11+ oz [X(]) in the wing cores. Ailerons and elevators are also hinged using Robart hinge points.

Hope all you other Tipo builders out there are making good progress!

David.