Hi Claude!!!

Hope you'e doing well!! Yes, I glue all fuselage balsa together then cut to shape using a template. Then wet good with ammonia water and bag in the mold for at least 24 hours until good and dry. In order to have balsa go to the seam edge I had to make a .25 inch thick tooling that attaches to the complete parameter of the mold flange. After the fuse is layed up and out of the bag, the tooling is removed and the fuselage sides are trimed to the mold flange. A lot more work involved in a balsa laminate fuselage. Id say additional 7 hours compared to the other way.

Todd