Dazzler turtleback help!!!
 

Ok, I tried the "chock line" method as stated in the book, but it seems to have come out on the short side. If I am supposed to start glueing from the top down, and here is where I wish the instructions and photos were alot more clear, do I line up the sheeting in the center of the top spar, sorta split the middle? If so and I work down, then Im affraid I will have a gap when I get to the bottom. Should I not worry about it and just slap some model magic in the gap and sand flush??
I have to think I got this far and cant figure out how to finish this last little bit.
Any help or ideas here would be great about now.

Dazzler turtleback help!!!
 

Strange...the turtledeck instructions on my GP kit had me starting from the bottom.

I got the best results (on the very last piece of turtledeck sheeting that I had to do by the way) cutting the sheeting to size as per the instructions, wet it on one side with ammonia/water. curve it around a glass bottle (in my case a nice 1999 Shiraz that had to be emptied beforehand) hold in place with masking tape until COMPLETLEY DRY. The curve of the bottle does not need to be exactly the same as the finished curve of your turtledeck, you just want to get it in the ball park.

Once the sheeting is dry, fit it to the part of the airframe where you want to start gueing and trial fit. Once you are happy, tape it down along the long edges and let it cure!.

I glued mine with wood glue, gives you some time to mess around.

Dazzler turtleback help!!!
 

After I wrote this I went back out, reread the instructions, and sat there soaking it all in. Figured it out and have the first side installed. The other half was soaked and is forming now till dry.
Next time I will do that before rushing on here to make a fool of myself.

finished
 

all done but the body work and paint!!

Dazzler turtleback help!!!
 

I never covered mine with balsa sheeting. I cut notches in the bulkheads and installed five 1/4"x 1/4" balsa stringers. I then recessed the balsa between the stringers and covered with MonoKote. I built 2 Dazzlers and both are done that way. I guess I forgot it was a deviation. I tried the balsa covering bit and the balsa cracked even when wet.