Finished the right wing last night and got the left wing built tonight and started on the fuselage...



Second wing half assembly went a bit quicker since I knew how it went together a little better.

The wax paper is great with the wood glue... it pulled away from the first wing half that I built just fine - nothing stuck!

I wanted to pin down the first fuselage doubler but no dice since I ran outta T-pins. Gonna need a lot more to do the fuselage doublers. Shoulda picked up another 40 pack or maybe two more.

One problem I did run into was that the shearing pieces on this half of the wing seemed a bit too narrow so as I built a few of the ribs were not lining up exactly perpendicular to the trailing edge. I ended up adding a few 1/8" pieces to a set of the shears (dark pieces in image above) to get the ribs back into proper alignment. Everything else was pinned in place and square when I started adding the ribs. Only thing I can ponder is that the shearing pieces were a tad bit too narrow. So I have about three ribs that are from 1/16 to 1/8" of an inch off between the leading and trailing edge. Will that be a problem?

Total build time: 15 hours

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