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Old 02-17-2003 | 03:19 PM
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Default How to Plank a Fuselage

Chuck, go to the warbirds forum and do a search. There's quite a bit on this plane down there and quite a few of us that have built or are building this particular Jug. I'm finishing one up now. There's a photo on my website taken during the planking stage.
P-47 planking

I like to use something like Weldbond, Titebond or Elmer's aliphatic glue for this. I agree on the Ca glues. It makes sanding very tough.
Planking is tedious work but makes for a very strong and accurate fuse. I cut the strips as wide as I can on the more flattened surfaces and about 3/8 inch or so where the radius gets tight. You can see the wider planking in the photo that I linked above. I also cut the strips with a taper at one end since the radius gets tighter at the rear.
Any questions on this particular plane, feel free to drop me a line as it's all pretty fresh in my memory right now. Chad Veich is building one too and has been a great help to me. Dean has built one and also helped me through some rough spots with the wing early on. (The wing is definitely the toughest part of this project.) Both of these guys can be found in the Warbird and Scale forums regularly.