Jason,
Congratulations!
First, join the 1-26 Association. The best deal in soaring at $15 per year.
Web
http://126association.org
Next go on the Keep them flying page and look up the Sealing Articles from Charles Shaw. Great details with pics that work wonderful.
I let several people fly my 1-26 after a good sealing and it freaked them out because it was so quite.
Have fun, learning.
Also see the other parts of the 1-26 web page, and join the Sweepstakes when you start flying away from the field.
Kevin Anderson