RE: Top Flite Giant P-47 Build
As you can see in the next pic, your left with the curve and a big flat spot on top and that is ok, we get that out in the next steps..
Take a ruler or straight edge and connect the two points where your curve starts at CBX back to 6X pic 2. I then trim some of the wood away with a knife and then sand with my aggressive bar sander to the basic shape... Pic3 shows the sanding pad I make, it has 150 grit on one side and 220 on the other, notice how well it bends around all the shapes you have going on.. I make the same pads with finner grits for final sanding and they work great..
Important!!!!! And I should havesaid this in the beginning.
DON'T MISTAKE THE CROSS SECTION ON THE PLANS THAT SHOWS 6X, THIS IS IN MY OPINION PRETTY USLESS, INLESS YOU CUT A HUNK OUT OF YOUR MODEL...lol CBX is a lot wider and it to match the canopy... pic 4 shows this cross section.
In the next two pics you can see how much more it curves, first pic 5 is before we did anything and pic 6 is the finished result..
Then it's just a matter of sanding in with my pad, I use the 150 first and then flip over and go with the 220 pic7. Then I repeat the other side and there you have it pic8..
For the life of me I cannot find my canopy scissors, kids are great...lol so i can cut the canopy out all the way. I will do the final shaping with the canopy and my backrest or my cockpit, but it's pretty dang close right now...
Well i hope this helps someone reading..
Jimbo