Now, on to the task of sheeting the bottom of the fuselage. This is more complicated that sheeting the top as the curves are more complex. In order to make it manageable, I am sheeting it in four sections. I don't have a good shape pre-mold like I did for the turtle deck sheeting, so it is all done on the fuselage. To keep it from getting waves, I only wet the inside of the wood, and I use balsa sticks pinned along the edges to keep them straight. When I tape the sheets to the fuselage, I only wrap it around where the formers are to prevent waves. I shape the edges of the wood prior to wetting, much easier to sand!

Here are pictures of the first two sections on the fuselage for molding, and after they dried and were removed.