Now to the really fun part, the fuselage! Since this plane will be a high winger, I thought about just flipping over the sides that came with the kit, but I figured I needed a bit more fuselage length, so I found some 48" pieces of 3/16" balsa, and used every bit of that length. The kit pieces are only 39 1/2" long. This should help with stability and control authority.

I started off by transferring the kit fuselage outlines onto my bigger balsa sheets, then cut them out. I used 1/4" birch plywood for the floor and bulkheads, and added the blind nuts for the landing gear mounting. Next, I added the kit style formers to the fuselage.