Working down the "do list" prior to covering the fuselage.
Be sure to rig and check your elevator cables. Mine were not the correct length. I did a lot of head scratching, figured out I could fix the problem by using different turnbuckle parts. THEN after much grief (and a few words I should not be using) I discovered I had the cables hooked up backwards. I never cease to amaze myself.
So.....the cables are fine. Jay does good work. But I did note the elevator was hitting the bracket a little prematurely and thus I was not getting full up elevator. You can see that the attach tab extends well aft of the control horn. No problem. I reshaped it so it looks like this ..........
Whaaala.......full up elevator now.
The rudder cables will fit through the furles from back to front only. You will want to install these prior to cover, otherwise you will have to cut out your access covers before you want to.
You may have to clean up the powder coating a little to get the cable guides in.
Post clean up. Don't forget to primer and paint the inside of this guide before the plastic insert is put in, otherwise it will rust. A quick thought on primer. Most primers are porous and as such the metal will rust right through the primer. It will slow it down a little but primer alone is not a rust preventative. Variprime is an excellent product but it is very porous. You must paint over it to get true rust prevention. I like and use an epoxy primer PPG DP40. This is MUCH less porous than Variprime and though you should probably topcoat it you can definitely get away with it alone as the porosity of this product is extremely low. It comes in several colors. I recommend the white color. Topcoats better.
I found a little welding slag in this guide so used the Dremel tool with a grinding bit to clean it up. Another thought if I may. Folks, do not expect the kit you purchase to be perfect, regardless of where, or from whom, you get it. You are building an airplane not assembling a Lego
toy. Every kit will have some issues. That is part of the building. Javron is awesome and his attention to detail is great but this is a BIG project and I sometimes hear stories from guys that think it should just assemble with everything perfect the first time. Maybe, if a manufacturer put out a 100,000 kits and all were exactly alike (no customization at all) they could get it down better, but the reality is each kit is different due to the customization and thus it may not be perfect. I am extremely pleased with my kit but I don't want folks to get unrealistic expectations that this is going to be an easy weekend project. It is quite doable for the average person, just go slow and take it one step at a time.
As my neighbor says......I liked his saying and I adopted it.....
Its just a series of problems to be solved
I would prefer to use a reamer to clean out the holes but sometimes you just can't get one in there.........
Sometimes you have to remind yourself you are not building a space shuttle.......like a lot of builders I tend to be pretty picky and try to do my best, thus I get stressed when I feel like I am not doing it PERFECTLY, thus I sometimes have to remind myself.....
its not a space ship.......
I do recommend you use a reamer whenever you can......its just better......
The rudder horn is on the stop but there is a lot more possible travel before it interferes with the elevator, so........
Whip out the die grinder with a cut off wheel and get as much rudder travel as possible. You only need about an inch of clearance between the rudder and elevator. It slips much better with lots of rudder travel. If you get a little too happy and overshoot and cut too much of the stop tube off, you can tap the inside of the tube and insert a bolt or screw to increase the length back out.
Hope this helps
Bill