I have been try to get some 1/8" lite at the LHS for over a month now. Well I was near another hobby shop on business Wednesday so I paid them a visit and scored 2 sheets of 12" x 24", so that will not be a show stopper.

Stopped by a fellow The Brotherhood of the Ring this afternoon that live about 3 miles from me, for a first time meet. Then afterwards I went to the LHS and bought T.E. and L.E. stock. I will need to carve and and sand the L.E. stock to shape. They did not have any 1/2 L.E. stock so I got some square stock. Just mare work is all, and that is OK.

I also bought some aluminum shafts that match the round holes in the ribs. I will build with all the ribs mounted on them above my magnetic building board. I cut into 6" lengths a wood yard stick. Next I need to mount a magnet to each section. My magnetic board will set on top of a balsa laminate building board. It is pretty close to dead on, but at one end their is a very slight bow, about 3 or 4 paper thicknesses as check using my good aluminum 4' level. I left it on the card table to long. it was more but I leaned it against the wall at a pretty good angle and it almost fully straightened out. Now I have it hanging vertical and will recheck it in 2 days.

I have to make 3 center ribs. I will make 4, just easier. I will bolt 1 wing panel of ribs together with to blanks on the end, and the shape the 2 extra ribs. I will just have to real careful not alter the original ribs.

The other thing is original ribs w1 and w2 are 1/16" undersize for the center sheeting of the inner 4 rib bays. Well my center sheeting is going to move inboard and I am only going to sheet the 4 inner rib bays. So I will just cap strip w1 and w2.

I also picked up a 6 ounce round clunk tank. Seems like a lot of fuel for this thing, maybe a 4 ounce would be better? I do know that little ST .34 is a lot thirstier than my OS .25s, a lot more. It is a direct bolt in and weight match fo them, and several times I swapped in it for a more giddy up go. It has it too.

Ken