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Old 03-19-2014, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by John_M_
If I understand you correctly, the way I see it, the covering is attached to the vertical fin on all the structure down to lower stringer on the fin... then the covering is attached to the fuselage edges and to the center spine that runs down the top / back of the fuselage up to the vertical fin... then when the covering is shrunk, it forms the faring.

I don't have any images of mine since I stripped the covering off, but I originally did the entire fuselage in 4 pieces... first I covered the bottom of the fuse, and then covered each side including the vertical fin and half the top /back section of the fuselage, and finally a small piece of covering on top of the nose.


Here's an image of the real cub tail, maybe it will help clarify it.

The SIG kit has a piece of balsa that glues in from the last former to the rear of the fin, but not enough detail or description to get it right. The picture helps a lot. It tapers towards the tail and is flush, and not curved like the plans suggest. Now I see exactly how it needs to be done.
Thanks