I got to make some progress on the front of the fuselage today. After marking up the huge block and making my plan of attack, it took me about an hour to to whittle this thing down to size. I started with the coping saw, then went to the power planer. A trip to the band saw. . . flip it over and begin making a cloud of balsa dust with my Dremel in router mode. . . . then just carving out huge chunks with a big square X-acto blade . . . finish up with 80 grit glued to a piece of pink foam. While it was fun hacking into this big block of wood with all of my toys, if I had it to do over again I would just get out some 3/8" and build the top front of the fuse.. .
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Yes, I went a little OCD on the inside of the tank compartment. . .