RE: Westbury Hunter Build Thread
After gluing the spar tubes in place I removed the wings from the fuselage. One slid easily out, but the other put up a fight for about an hour after some of the expoxy had seeped into the fuselage spar tube, even though I waxed them first. After much cursing and cleaning up, both wings now slide easily on and off. The remainder of the cross-grain balsa was added to fill in the spar slots in the lower wing and profiled to the lower wing contour. 1/8th ply root ribs were added, followed by adding lots of filler to ensure a gapless joint between the wing and fuselage. I used the technique from a recent RCJI, where a thin plastic sheet was used as a separation surface. This worked exceptionally well, and I now have an almost invisible joint line.