RE: first kit Sig Mid Star 40- Build Thread
mxaexm, if you want to speed it up a bit (actually a lot) the parts in this kit are laser cut so they should fit together fantastic. (If they don't, use a #11 blade to modify it a little at a time until it does.) Use thin ca. You don't put the ca on the part and then attach. All you need to do is pin the part to be glued exactly where you want it, put a little pressure on the join with a finger and wick a very small amount of thin ca on the edge of the gluing joint. It will suck into the gluing joint and kick in a few seconds. You can do rib after rib after rib like this as fast as you can line up and pin in place! A pro could put the whole wing together an a few hours so I wouldn't be surprised if you could do it in a day or 2. Alphatic resin has its uses like with sheeting but it is painfully slow with standard construction and it is very easy to use too much.
You can use medium ca like alphatic resin but sometimes it is difficult to get it perfectly aligned as the ca can kick very fast. This is why I like thin ca. Aligned then glued...
Thin ca also hardens the wood at the join, turns balsa into a very hard balsa.
Also you can get little plastic tips that press on to the ca glue bottle tip making it a long and very thin tube. Makes it easy to get the ca into places and easy to only put a drop or 2. With rib joints I usually put 3-4 drops of thin ca on each glued place.