Hi, Lance. Thanks for your input. I've been thinking about this whole phenomenon over the past day or so, and have come up with the possibility of there being a certain "wing thing" problem with the WNW Albatros kits.
Ray Rimmell, in his Windsock Albatros build book, mentions that the upper wing ought to be flat: no dihedral. That said, more than a few kits
do have dihedral in the upper wing: "a common consequence of premature mould [sic] release."
He then explains how to remove the unwanted dihedral, which results in a dead flat wing.
Later in the book he states that he "carefully bent up the gluing tabs [of each lower wing section] a little, slightly increasing their angles," thus avoiding and "possible tendency for the dihedral to 'drop out.'"
It appears, then, that there is at least the possibility of unwanted dihedral in the upper wing plus a requirement to increase the angles of the gluing tabs on each of the lower wing sections. I had seen a few scattered remarks in some build threads about problems here and there regarding the Albatros wings. The possibility of dihedral where there should be none, coupled with the requirement to bend gluing tabs to compensate for inaccurate dihedral, surely must lead to a frustrating exercise in "getting the wings right."
My question, then, is this: is there a thread dedicated to this potential problem and its solution and, if so, where might it be found? TIA for any information and/or guidance.