Casey if there were Phillips head screws i have not seen them yet. Looks like i wrote this yesterday and didn't post it. I did find some phillips screw in the servo boxes.
I wish Flite Test included that long handle Allen socket driver in their Power pack A
The Double D,
I didn't get one in the power pack A, or B kits. I believe was in the FT "crafty kit" which I also bought, just to get me off and running quick, at the cost of $$$. I thought this would help me out, to build my first FT the "Simple Cub". Looking back after the cub was built, I'm not sure if I can say if that was a worthy purchase or not, but it did save me time hunting down anything else needed to build an FT, as it has everything needed in it (except tools for bending wire, like needle nose pliers.)
Since then, (weeks ago) my first simple cub has only seen driveway time. It has yet to experience the air. I fell in love with it so much, I can't bring myself to crash it, and I've purchased another SC with floats, and the tiny trainer. Mostly because as many will say, my first build has lessons learned. I've also found the value in simulators, and am working on getting some "flight lessons in" in on Real Flight, although that has not started yet either. I own all the pieces the puzzle, work keeps getting in the way.
I too, was focused and concerned with the bevel cuts. I built a jig out of basswood, that I thought was the best thing since sliced butter. (Which I don't care to share the design, but I feel it's a waste of time). It worked perfect, and I thought I had build the best jig/tool ever, and would be hailed by the community as being the best inventor EVER. Then when the final bevel was being made, I realized on the final bevel, how quickly the blade becomes dull, and my jig wasn't as much as a time saver as I thought. I ended up freehand cutting the final one, and it was pretty good. (Although I'm now wanting to try the methods mentioned above) I ended up placing my foam on the table like Josh suggested, and used the table as a guide for my hand. Which made it to easy for my hand to hold the 45 degrees, and slide down the board/bench top edge, and it came out as good as my jig. Later I found that I again made a different type of "jig" in that I played with a "fence" on the edge of my table, and this way the hand holding the knife doesn't move, the board did using my other hand. Much like like a board moving across a router table. I've also then free-handed some more, and found that for me personally, I'm not as bad as I feared without anything except the table edge as a guide.
What is my take away from my story, and why am I wasting everyone's time with the lengthy post? Everyone has different levels of knowledge, eye hand coordination, work environments, and equipment. Some are left handed like me, others right handed. I have e-xacto knifes as an example, but have been using a razor knife like the videos show, because they came with the crafty kit. Point is everyone is different. I love the community because what works for me doesn't for others, but everyone helps with the findings that worked for them to save time and effort. Yet as close to your age as I am, it all boils down to the same lessons that we were told as kids, and now we are telling kids. "Measure twice, cut once", "Haste makes waste" and last but not by any means least, "practice, practice practice".
I laugh today, how much of a great job Josh did in the videos I used, to emphasis "practice, practice, practice" without sounding like he was preaching. And yet looking at my ability today, I realized I didn't listen to him as much as I thought I did, and after practicing the bevel cut as much as I have now, I can now do a close to perfect beveled edge on practice foam. I'm dumbfounded at how bad I thought I would screw up on the real thing when I started. (And yet for the record, I still get jittery when it's on the real thing, even though my scrap boards look impressive, the non practice pieces somehow don't look as good.) ;-)
You plane looks great so far, can't wait for the finished product.