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Old 06-01-2009 | 10:10 AM
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Scratchie
 
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Default RE: Which one first?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">I've started the fuselage, no real problems. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>However, the middle former for the turtle deck did not fit well, so rather than trimming it (I didn&rsquo;t want to screw up any angles/alignments) I moved it forward about 3/4 inch where it seemed to fit perfectly &ndash; mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I didn&rsquo;t realize that the angles of each turtle deck former were not the same, so when I put the top block on turtle deck sides I found that the former I moved had caused a slight bowing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rather than trying to sand the sides straight, I decided to use scrap and leave the bow as it was believing that this way I&rsquo;d at least keep all the lines flowing and not introduce a worse problem caused by sanding error.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o></o></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><o></o></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Anyway, pic 7 shows a piece of scrap glued in place to the top block, filling in the bowing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pic 8 shows the scrap piece and top block sanded to match the turtle deck sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pic 9 shows the turtle deck bowing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I&rsquo;ll sand it to it&rsquo;s final shape later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pic 10 is a close up of the scrap piece after sanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Next step is mounting the wing which I&rsquo;ll skip Pics unless some asks for them, and then comes the nose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The nose should be interesting as there is a variety of ways it can be finished as &ndash; the engine will sit upright. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt"><o></o></span></p>
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