ORIGINAL: edp
Back to it. Wings are capped and tips glued in place.
Dave, this is how I mount my gear in foam wings. I will cap the plate with 3/32'' balsa to keep the gear flush w/ the bottom of the wing. The wing is sheeted with 1/16'' balsa. It was actually some pretty light stuff. but the tips and fuse. top block is another story. May have to get out the 40 grit.
Ed,
nice and classic. I was going to say, just by looking at the wings, you can see that the wood is pretty good. A quick browse of my kit revealed some pretty scary pieces of wood! I'll probably make use of them as lead weights for builds...
Both of my Tipo kits had some rock hard ailerons (3 of 4) also heavy as lead. In one of them, the left aileron weighed twice as much as the right! I plan to drill them out so I used them anyway and at least they should be less warp prone.
At first I thought you had mechanical B&D's and I was really curious to see how you would get those into a skinned wing - still doable but a lot harder. Do you use balsa for the wells or ply? I saw someone use those bendable straws for kids as a conduit for the lines - it was pretty cool actually. Tiny hole entering the well. But I guess running the lines parallel and above the wells might be even more elegant.
Maybe you can make some canoes out of the tips once they are carved to shape. Or drill them out from the bottom - good way to add tip weight when balancing.
I guess I'm seeing my Deception being built vacariosly through your thread! Sorry.
Keep up the nice work.
David.