Today more work has been done on the hurricane.
Here we see the control rods I have fed down the rear of the fuse.



The next job was take two pieces of ¼ sq balsa and bond to the fuse as longerons, they will over lap at rear. Trim them to side of the fuse.



Next I bonded on a piece of hardwood in the area the tail wheel will be fixed, and then sheeted the fuse cross grain with 1/8th balsa.



Sand the balsa sheets to create a curve to the bottom of the fuse, careful not to overdo it. Mark out where the longerons are and shape upto them.

Next we jump to the centre wing section. Here we glue on the leading edge & the trailing edge. This is made up of a piece of shaped 1/8th lite ply and ¼ x 5/8 balsa. Bond the ply to the bottom of the wing with the balsa strip on top. Leave to dry.



At this point I decided to take whats known as the dog house and bond on the front piece of ply. And bonded on the front and rear ply plates on the turtle deck section.



Last image is the parts just sitting in position NOT FIXED left to dry overnight to give you an idea of how she is very quickly already looking like a hurricane…..a very enjoyable build so far.



I do enjoy these warbird replica kits very much…gary