RE: GB Extra 300
Back to the build , I finished glueing all the seams and joints with med CA on the fuse, this takes alot of glue and is a little time consuming, so turn it over a few times and check to make sure you have not missed any places.
I then glued the FW in place and added the 1/2" tri stock making sure to cut it at a angle to match the bottom cover piece. I then glued both the top and bottom cover pieces in place after making sure of a good fit.
Theres 2 donuts you punch out from the FW ,one holds rear of the dowel in the wing and the other glues to former B for the dowel to fit in to hold the wing to the fuse. Again I used a 5/16 brass tube to cut the hole in the donuts for the dowel so not to over size it for a sloppy fit.
I then added the wing bolt plate useing epoxy to glue it in place ,but being carefull not to get much on the top so it would hold the rear fuse gusset up and hit against the bottom of the wing and prevent alot of sanding . I then glued in the gusset after some sanding to make for a perfect fit, Believe me its not that great.
Opps hold the phone, before I added the wing hold down plate I put the 6-32 blind nuts in place , much easier if you do it before.
After the wing doubler disk is glued in place and dried, test fit the wing and measure it from the tips to the tail, make sure the measurements are the same on both sides then make a mark with a ball point pen or pencil.
With the wing in place and correctly lined up use a drill bit that will go thru the blind nuts from the bottom side and drill a hole thru each one. I removed the wing and redrilled them out to fit the wing bolts with a little clearance and bolted the wing in place and rechecked my measurements.
Next I located the former BB and glued it to the top front sheet lined up with the rear edge ,I also used a square to keep it vertical with the fuse. I also added a small piece of 1/2" tristock to the FW and top plate in between where the blind nuts go.
After that had dried , I located the front fuse covering material which is 1/32's light ply cut to fit , theres very little room for error here so make sure it lines up good .
I glued it to one side of the top of the fuse with Med CA and let dry. I tried to split the diff so there would be equal overhang on both sides.
I use a window cleaner with ammonia in it and sprayed the outside of the sheeting , try not to get any on the inside if possible, makes the glue not want to stick.
I wet and glued this sheet untill I had the whole thing in place with the exception of the very last edge.
I lay some glue down and useing a good straight edge such as a rule and lay the fuse on its side and push this down tight and hit it with accelerator. Its a little bit tricky but if a pesons carefull it can be done and match the other side. I then added some spackel to contour the edge with the fuse side, I go down maybe a 1" or more with the spackel to give it a gental taper and is invisible after the plane is covered. I do the same on the turtle deck which is coming up next.
While I had the can of spackel open I went ahead and filled in all the former holes along the sides of the fuse and anything else that needed any attention. I rushed it a little but I went ahead and added the landing gear, I used the dubro gear with 4 holes predrilled in it, just a matter of transfering the holes to the landing gear plate I made and added 6-32 blind nuts and bolted it in place. I also used some axles so I had to drill out the gear to 5/16". With this gear and the pants I plan on useing ,it appears things are coming out fairly good so far.
Thanks for the positive comments guys its well apreciated.