Did some preliminary fitting of the wing to make sure everything is going to line up right. Had to do a little work on the holes in the wing to get everything to fit. Aileron hinges are still not glued nor are the wing halves. I’ll do the both of those once the covering mods are finished on the wings. Harbor freight and some of the dollar stores are great places to pick up the longer scales. Perfect strait edges as well. I was able to get my wife to give me a hand with the measurements. I was surprised that the wing is setting in there within a 1/16”. I usually get pretty picky on alignment stuff. I know they will fly with the wing off buy an 1/8” or more. But they fly better when they are square.



Here you can see the paper pattern I have on the back of the fuse to develop my color scheme. I created the star pattern using a cad program – printed – then transferred to the pattern on the plane. Did I mention what I think of the looks of this pilot?



After making sure the wing was close to where it needs to be, I made marks at the edge of the fuse, front and back. Then I used the “belly pan” to complete the lines. I will be removing the covering material almost to the lines a little later.