wowplanes

Since my kits use a somewhat different construction technique than the traditional balsa frame method, I have been asked by a few readers to do a very detailed build. That means a lot of pictures and words. It will slow me down some, but hopefully it is worthwhile.

I officially started the build a couple of hours ago, with the fuselage. The fuselage is made up from 3 foam and 5 plastic parts. The foam parts are soft at this stage. To prevent damage, I spread a piece of foam mattress liner over the work table & handled the parts with TLC. I bought a queen sized liner for about $20, that should last me a lifetime, a worthwhile investment, I think.

Before the foam parts can be assembled together, I did some prep work, starting with the cockpit section. The glue used is 5 minute expoxy. Since epoxy and foam are both petro-chemicals, they work well together.

The next step is to prepare and mount the plastic nose cone and gatling gun.

Fahim