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09-13-2018, 10:20 AM

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stearman65

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Every little helps

Managed to get a couple of hours building this morning before a house party for the leaving manager. First I sheeted the top centre section of the tailplane. Then removed the pins holding it to the building board. The manual says ❏ 17. Use a hobby knife to carefully trim the jig tabs from the bottom of the stab ribs. Simple statement, took me 21/2 hours. The ribs are quite hard & you have to be careful not to split off too much balsa. During this time, the bell rang, it was the courier with the cockpit kit. Had a quick look then dressed for the party.
Back home, I unpacked the cockpit kit, what a cheap nasty effort TF have made of it. The ABS mouldings are so thin, I've seen better quality mouldings in throw away food packaging. One of them was split, not surprising as they are packed in a polythene bag, inside a cardboard shipping carton.
That's my lot for today, hopefully things will look better in the morning?
pictures below.

Words in the pics.

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