I did some more work on the Fury this weekend. It doesn't feel like I accomplished a whole lot but most of the work was time comsuming tasks.

Vertical Stab and Rudder:
The front alignment tab and carbon fiber rod was glued in place on the vertical stab and the the stab was aligned and set onto the fuse while everything dried.

The parts supplied for the rudder were for the F-86. The F-86's rudder is fully sheeted whereas the rear section of the Fury's rudder has a core and exposed ribs so I decided to modify the parts to make the rudder look more scale (but I did not add the lower balance tab found on the full scale Fury). I cut a new rudder core out of 1/32 ply and cut the left and right balsa sheeting so the rear section of the core would be exposed. The core was sandwiched between the left and right balsa sheeting and ribs were made up and glued to the rear section of the core. Once the rudder was finished it was hinged to the removable vertical stab.

Retracts:
The air cylinders for the main gear retract units face outboard. The outboard rib needed to be trimmed and foam needed to be dug out to accomodate the air cylinder. The inboard rib has to be trimmed a little also so the retract unit could be slide into place on the flex plate. I still need to glue the flex plate reinforcement and tap the mounting holes.

Flaps:
The flaps were cut from the wing. The bottom of the flap is loger from the trailing edge than the top. A hard wood block with the cut angle is provide with the kit to aid in cutting the proper angle. The 1/64th ply trailing edge was epoxied to the wing. Later this coming week I will glue the leading edge to the flaps and glue balsa to any exposed areas. Then the hinging will begin.


Kirk
Not a BVM rep, just a very satisfied customer