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grit) or a small hand plane to flatten the corners. Do not attempt to round them at this
time.
6.
When the corners are flattened to your satisfaction, use a flat sanding block with 120-150
grit sandpaper to round and blend the corners from nose to tail. Remember, the corners
are backed with the stringers, so you can be somewhat ruthless at this stage.
7.
You can exercise some artistic license at this point, but the following pictures illustrate
the basic shape you’re attempting to create. Take your time, use a light hand and pay
special attention to keeping the curves even as you move fore to aft. It is very easy to get
the point of the tail block off center on the boom, giving the entire fuselage/boom
assembly an unbalanced look.
When the fuselage is shaped to your satisfaction, it may be covered at this time.
Figure 10:Samba EVO Pod - Top View
HINT
WHERE THE BOOM EMERGES FROM
THE TAIL BLOCK, THE WOOD MAY
APPROACH A FEATHER EDGE AND WILL
BE VERY FRAGILE. REINFORCE IT BY
SOAKING IT WITH THIN CA.
Figure 11: Samba EVO Pod - Side View
