You select all the points you want lined up and go to menu Structure > Set Point Value, that will give you some options on what axis you want to align to.

I think you can model the wings either way, either as separate objects or straight from the body. You can group separate meshes under a Null object, drop that Null in a Symmetry and the Symmetry in a HN.

/Anders

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