The project is gradually moving ahead...

I'm in the final assembly stages and construction details (wing chin block, pushrod exits, etc.)

Tonight I got the wing mounted on the fuse. It was a little complicated since the front is held down by two dowels and the rear by two nylon bolts. Simple enough in principle. The tricky part is that the holes in the wing are drilled first and then matching holes in the fuse former are drilled. The catch with this is that there is no accurate way of marking the location of the holes in the former. The instructions discuss a transfer method whereby the dowels are inserted to 1/16" from the LE, paint applied to the tips and the wing moved forward to touch the former. If one is using a snug wing saddle however, this method doesn't work since one cannot actually seat the wing without two things happening: 1) the paint smearing on the former and 2) the dowels popping into the wing never to be extracted again. [&o]

So instead what I did was to mark the locations for the holes on the former with a pencil with the wing TE not seated in the wing saddle but rather still at an angle with the dowels propped up against the former and the TE resting on the fuse bottom. I then translated the distance the TE would drop when seated to the rise of the dowels on the former. I then drilled holes at these locations on the former. With the dowels sanded to a slight conical shape on the external part, they tighten into the holes as the wing is seated. It worked..., phew!

As another tip when building I would reverse this order prior to building the fuse. I would first drill holes in the former, build the fuse and then transfer these holes to the wing LE from within the tank compartment - much easier and more accurate. Of course this requires leaving the fuse tank area bottom off until after the wing/fuse mount. Knowing the right position for these holes in the former helps so I'll measure things and comment should it come in handy for anyone building a Tsunami.

I'm now gathering all the accessories and items needed for the radio installation. This part is always fun!

More photos coming soon.