Perhaps 'hokey' was too strong a word.  I did consider just inserting tapered blocks at the hinge locations, and decided it would be easier to just use a solid TE. I have a history of installing blocks and then missing them when I go to hinge.</p>

I am also going to move the aileron servos out by a bay. The plans have them right at the end of the ailerons, and I like to have them a little further out. I suspect that the plan location was set so that a servo lead would reach the fuse without an extension. Since I scaled down the plan, my servo leads will still reach without having to bury a plug in the wing tube.</p>

I am considering doing a sheeted LE with cap strips on the ribs instead of the false ribs. I know that this will take away some of the Ugly Stick character, but I think it's a more durable way to go. If I keep the wing tips and the scalloped ailerons per the plan, it will still look like an ugly stick.</p>

I need to do a search on how to cover the scalloped ailerons. That bit has me worried.</p>