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Old 10-07-2005 | 05:32 AM
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Default RE: Another Beginner Build - Sig Somethin' Extra

Yeah, ya gotta admit that this thread has definitely been a lot of fun. Heaven help the neighborhood if the (ir?)regular participants ever actually get together in one place. Can you imagine the insanity? Of course, we probably could actually figure out how to get Maggie to fly that coffee table!

Back to the original subject - my covering is going very slowly. I'm almost finished with the base color on left aileron. (I told you guys I didn't have much free time durring the week...) I'm having a miserable time getting the end corners to come out cleanly. After the main surface is covered, how does everyone do the ends? Do you first wrap over the leading/trailing edges and then wrap from the edge around to the end, and finally fold from the main surface over the end? Or do you start with the main surface and fole over the end, then wrapping the end "tabs" onto the leading/trailing edge corners and then finish sealing the leading/trailing edges?
And the problem is really compounded by the beveled/rounded edges with flat ends - a simple compound curve would be a piece of cake!

I wish I could illustrate, but ....