Thanks for all the replies guys. I took some more photos of it and sent them to Ken and my building mentor. Both feel it is definitely fillable. To be honest, I am tired of trying to chase a perfect plane...frankly it costs to much and with my life schedule is way to much work. My biggest concern was safety.
As for the rascals, I should provide more details before we all send our kids to the work camp. These kids were in the 3-5 year old range. I have a shop in my basement where everything is at and I SHOULD have locked the door. I have little kids myself (age 3, 5, and 6) and they always have their friends over. The night before this happened I had a brain fart and left the door unlocked. I have a little corner of the workshop with broken or unacceptable parts that I let the kids tinker with when I am in the shop and they love to watch me rivet and work. So they see me working on the plane. I am sure one of them just mimicked what they had been seeing but with a screwdriver when they got into the shop. I do not feel it was intentional. Yes I am upset at them but in reality I am more upset with myself and my dumb luck (the one time I leave the door unlocked
).
Anyway, I am not going to start world war 3 over this. I already talked to the kids at the bus stop about staying out of my shop when I am not there.
Now, if they were a little older, they'd be paying and building it for me.
The elevator stays on, it will be repaired, I will move on and be happy. And I will always know there is a little builder out there who needs some instruction on how to properly work on a plane.
He'll come in handy when I am working on the fuselage!