Thank you for the advice. It is indeed a poly dihedral model, and your comment about the rib spacing has helped me a great deal. There's virtually no mystery about the wings now.

I've resumed building, on this kit originally started 19 years ago. And wow... how things have changed! We're really spoiled nowadays, with CNC-cut parts and so on. This is a very different beast, starting with how you can't build with the model pinned over the plan, or you can't see a thing. Some of the dotted line detail is more than a little vague, too. Fortunately, I'm not a complete beginner and I think it's going OK.

I'm pleased by the thought of finally getting this model into the air, but it's proving to be hard to love. The boxy shape of the fuselage and wing is meant to make construction easier, I suppose, but I've seen newer kits that manage to be simpler and quicker to build, while still having some nice curves.

Still... let's wait and see how it flies. With 21st century electrics, naturally. I plan to cover this ship old-style: something of a wolf in sheeps' clothing!

If ever I manage to tease out the warp that the aged balsa seems to be forcing upon the fuse, that is. (Heat? Steam?)