Well, I'm a little taken back. I've always read and thought that the correct method is to saw then sand to the final outline. My ideas were to scan the plan, cut out templates, glue-stick them to the sheet wood, cut them out with the scroll/jig saw giving a generious margin (1/16) or so to allow for some inaccuracy in my cutting and then final shape them on my disc/belt sander. Trying to cut them with an X-Acto, diag. cross grain to the curved airfoil sections seems to me just asking for greif with the blade wanting to follow the grain pattern, that is unless I first made ply templates to guide the knife along. Well as I have some scrap sheet balsa around and a few old plans so I'll give it a try your way since all of you seem to say that's the way to go. I'll get back to you guys later to either ***** about or laud you advice. (either way, THANKS)

Rick K

PS I e-mailed my plans 'buddy' in NY to ask (he has a NIB GL kit sitting around) if he'd take a 'inventory' of the wood in the box . . . With that info and allowence for mess ups I should have a fairly decient idea of how much wood to order. I just hope I'm not becoming a nusence to him. (read "pain in the A**)

and, it's still raining and blowing, "tain't fittin fer lowerin" as my retired carrier Navel officer Dad used to say when stormy like this (with a little rum down his 'craw')