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When you glue, start at the step, with the bottom in the position that you
noted previously, and work your way forward to the nose. You can stop at
this point to run a bead of additional glue along the inside seams to ensure
that the nose is watertight. Then, continue to glue the front piece all the way
around until it meets the former.
h) If you wish, the keel can be glued to the bottom of the forward fuselage
centered on the underside of the hull. This would help with handling on
snow and water. If you’ll be flying almost entirely off of land, then it isn’t
really necessary except for looks…
At this point the fuselage itself is basically done, and should resemble a
giant running shoe.
i)
Push the pointed end of one of the bamboo skewers through each of
the four holes in the fuselage to widen them. Then cut the skewers to
length (about 5/8” should remain sticking out of each side of the
fuselage) and press them into place. They can be glued with foam safe
CA or another durable foam safe glue.
