One of the things that I'm going to try and show in this thread, is all of the parts needed for each assembly. After reviewing the plans and isometric drawings, one can quickly see that there's a lot of parts (unlike a modern kit).

While the fin/rudder parts were drying, I got started on the stab. Before actual building of the stab, there are a few issues that need to be fixed. First is the pre-shaped leading and trailing edges, they're bowed pretty bad and need to be straightened out or make new ones. Being I'm trying to use as many of the original parts as possible, I'm going to straighten them out. I've wetted them, placed a shim in the middle of the bow and weighed down the ends opposite of the bow. I'll let them dry for 24 hours before checking them. Sorry no pics of this as they're in a furnace room that has a little more heat. (I tried but they didn't come out very well).

Next is the spars, they needed a bunch of work to make them match the plan before gluing them together. Ahh....the joys of building an old kit. The stab tips also need to be laminated so that got done today. As you can see, I used binder clips to hold the stab tips together while the glue dried.

More to come ..... on Monday as I have to work both days this weekend.

FB