misterbill

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Hi Billy - good job.

I did it with nails as well when I built a 1/4 scale version, but found that when the bends had dried, that there were a bunch of dents from the nails in the outer edge of the dowels, which of course meant filling and sanding.

So this time on the 1/3 scale version, I cut a form out of 3/4 ply (An inner and an outer of the tip shape etc., and fastened them 1/4" apart) - I then had a 'slot' to push the wet dowel down into, and bingo, no cracks, and no nail marks. And both wing tips etc., fitted into the same slot at the same time!

Just don't take them out till you're ready to use them - they do want to spring back some...

Cheers, Mike