I had assumed that the fuselage would be the most difficult and time consuming covering job but the empennage and wing components together seem to be taking much more time and effort. Today (started at 09:30, finished at 19:00 with an hour for lunch and other jobs) I applied the remaining finishing tapes to the elevators and left aileron and did the basic wrap of the fabric round the two flaps. So the end of the covering is in sight but still at least a couple of full days work needed to finish up the basic covering of the flaps and the right aileron and then tidy all the hinge cutouts and remove any surplus glue from all the bits of the airframe. 
