In the first pic I made up my balsa skins out of 1/16x3x36" contest grade balsa.Make sure you have a fan to blow the CA fumes away from your work area before you begin to glue. It is going to take 5 sheets to make the skin. First I layed and taped some Reynolds Cling Wrap down on my workbench. A piece 50" long will do. I also tore a small piece of cling wrap (about 12") for later use. I layed 2 pieces of 3" balsa sheeting down and pressed them side by side and edge glued them with thin CA. Don't try to glue the whole length at once. Work in 12" incraments. Butt the edges together, apply a bead of thin CA then use the 12" piece of clingwrap which is wrapped around your finger and smooth the glue out along the seam. after that immediatly take a sanding block with 150 grit or a bit smaller and sand the glue area just enough to level it out. repeat this for the whole lenght of the balsa sheets and for the remaining 3 sheets. after its done you end up with a skin that is 15" wide and 36" long. Do this 3 more times for a total of 4 skins.
Pic 2 shows how the wings come in the kit. They are hot wire cut from a block of lite weight foam. Now this is very important !!!! DON'T THROW AWAY OR DAMAGE THE OUTSIDE FOAM SHEETS !!!!!! You will use these during the entire build. As you will see later.
Pic 3 shows what I mean about how they come. I will call the outside pieces of the foam cores "Shucks" from here on out. The wings come in 2 pieces with a foam core "rod" that will be discarded. Also this is very importand!!!!!!! DON'T MIX YOUR WINGS UP!!!!!!! THERE IS A TOP SIDE AND BOTTOM. LEFT WING AND RIGHT WING!!!!! MARK THEM WITH A SHARPIE !!!!!!
Pic 4 shows a 2x2x 1/8" lite ply spar support. First step is to drill a 1" hole in the center if the lite ply. Now look in the kit and find the 1" phenolic tube and cut it in half.slide it into the hole in the wing all the way through. Now slide the 2X2 1/8" lite ply on the end which will eventually join the other half of the wing. Hold it place and mark on the ply the out line of the wing and bandsaw that to fit the contour of the wing, Making sure it is even with the top and bottom of the wing. After this is done slide it back on the tube and making sure it is lined up withe the top and bottom of the wing, trace the out line if the lite ply onto the foam . Now cut the foam soit will be recessed into the foam the thickness of the lite ply. You should end up with everything being flush. Now take some 5 min epoxy and with the tube still in place glue only the lite ply in place. You only need enough glue to hold it into position. Clean any squeeze out up immediatly.