RE: MK Beetle Build
Hello Everyone
I wrapped the balsa wheel well sides around the nearest round thing I could find in the shed that was the right size - insulation tape. The cool thing with the tape is you can adjust the diameter by taking off a lap or two of tape.
After the sides were made I glued the bottom of the well on and sanded it on the dremel bench sander till the excess material was removed.
I then opened up wing skins until the wells were just a light force fit. I then removed the wells and added yellow glue and re-fitted.
After the glue had dried I sanded off the remaining proud material. Here I started with the dremel sanding wheel then a flat block of sand paper. The trick here of course is not to sand grooves into the wing skin with the edge of the paper.
I have also opened a slot in the top skin to let the retract servo in and opened two holes for the wing servo leads to come out.
Cheers
Tarquin