Fin, Rudder, Stabilizer and Elevator Build
The Fin, Rudder, Stabilizer and Elevator were built per plan instructions. I'm anticipating elevator linkage changes to eliminate a gaping hole in the fin to make it look more scale like.
First thing I noticed is that you build 1/2 of the item at a time. Lay the sheets down and then add support structure for the skins. This theme is carried out throughout the build of the features and being such a large model, that works well. Once again, the build is intensive, but I am really enjoying the build.
I planned to build in the elevator and rudder counter balance features. I thought it best to build without and then cut out the features and glue them back onto the opposite location. It was tedious to build a box out of the cutouts. Maybe building them in initially would work better. I didn't add the triangular hole at the base of the fin as will be seen why in the next post group. After skinning, I rough sanded and planned to hinge after I put in the counter balance features. I'm new to posting so this is an experiment with adding pictures.