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There are a number of threads that discuss the size of formers 5 and 6 of the body and how they differ between the overhead plan view of the body and the individual former buildup views. I think general consensus on this was the overhead view was right, the former drawings by themselves were wrong.

I followed this, made the formers to fit the overhead view.....the thing about that is that the overhead view for this portion is really at an angle from what reality is, since this portion of the plane doesn't sit level on the plan, it is raised up. I tried it , I fiddled with it, I had to do some serious clamping since the formers were smaller to get things to go together correctly, in the end the smaller formers put some torque onto the body so that while the bottom was straight as an arrow and the tail was inline with the body, the center section top became twisted... and not to my liking. since I knew my body was straight prior to installed the formers I started popping joints to see where the stress was and sure enough, it was being caused by the formers 5 & 6.

Anyway, I remade the formers using the larger former plans for 5 and 6 and things slid together 10 times easier.. .no clamping required, just a couple pins to ensure good contact while the glue dried.

Just something for people to think about. The dimensions are different between the two.. but I think the former plans are the ones you should go with.