6
A Prepare the components.
(1) Mount the fuselage on blocks on a baseboard or workbench and cut
blocks of wood to go below the wingtips and centre wing, to hold the
wing in the correct position.
(2) Put the fuselage on to the wing and align the two sub-assemblies,
then mark the position of the fuselage sides on the top of the wing.
(3) Cut some strips of 2 mm plastic sheet 5 mm x 20 mm, to make
reinforcing blocks for the fuselage sides.
B. Assembly.
(1) Glue the reinforcing blocks (made in step 6 A (3)) to the top of each
wing, and before the glue has set, put the fuselage on to the wing.
Make sure the blocks touch the inside of each of the fuselage sides,
then leave the glue to dry completely.
(2) Put the fuselage on the wing, and use the blocks from step 5 B (1) to
make sure the sub-assemblies are correctly aligned.
(3) With the wing and fuselage aligned, flood the joints with liquid
polystyrene cement, then leave the assembly to dry thoroughly.
7
A Attach the nose and body gear legs to the landing gear bays with epoxy
cement (Refer to Figure 5). Make sure that all three legs are vertical.
B Let the aircraft rest on these three legs until the epoxy cement has cured.
C Put the aircraft on a flat surface, then trim the top of each wing gear leg.
Remove as much as necessary of the area shown in red on the leg in
Figure D.
D Attach the landing gear parts.
Note - We recommend that you study any available photographs of actual
aircraft, to achieve the maximum realism of the landing gear. If
available, the Internet is an excellent source of research material.
FUSELAGE/WING ASSEMBLY
LANDING GEAR INSTALLATION
Wing landing gear
installation
D
Forwar
d
Drill these holes
after bay is
assembled.
MAKE SURE YOU
DO NOT DRILL
THROUGH THE
TOP OF THE WING.
Diameters to
suit leg.
Body gear leg
Wing gear leg
LEFT SIDE SHOWN,
RIGHT SIDE OPPOSITE
Trim top of leg
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