Fuselage and Tail:
1. 1/4” strips at stab as described above
2. Stab bottom
3. Stab Top
4. Fin Left and Right
5. Rudder Left and Right
6. Elevator bottom and top
7. Fuselage bottom
8. Fuselage left and right
9. Fuselage top
Wing:
1. Ailerons and Flaps bottoms and tops
2. Bottom right, followed by the bottom left
wing panel. (If building the polyhedral wing,
cover the inner and outer panels separately.
3. Top right, followed by the left wing panel.
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Bevel the leading edge
of the rudder as shown
on the plan.
Hold the flaps and ailerons
in place and mark the
locations for the control
horn plate (W22).
Step 11
Step 12
Step 13
Cut out the balsa and
glue in the W22 ply
control horn plate.
The plate should be
flush with the balsa.
Step 14
Preparing The Surface
Most of the model should be rough-sanded by now, with all edges
sanded and rounded following the cross-section views on the
plans. If not, do so now. Fill all dents, seams, low spots and
notches with HobbyLite
™
balsa colored filler. After the filler has
dried, use progressively finer grades of sandpaper to even and
smooth all the edges, seams and surfaces. Remove all the balsa
dust from the model with compressed air or a vacuum with a brush
and a tack cloth.
Covering Technique
Cover the model with Top Flite MonoKote film, using the
suggested covering sequence that follows.
Some modelers prefer to cover the top and bottom of the ailerons
with one strip of MonoKote film. This is done by covering the bottom
first, then wrapping the MonoKote film up over the leading edge.
Apply 1/4” wide strips of MonoKote film in the corners where the
stab and fin meet the fuselage. Proceed to cover the stab with
pre-cut pieces that meet in the corners and overlap the 1/4” strips.
Never cut the covering on the stab and fin after it has been
applied except around the leading and trailing edges and the tips.
Modelers who do this may cut through the covering and into the
wood. This will weaken the structure to a point where it may fail
during flight.
S
UGGESTED
C
OVERING
S
EQUENCE
COVERING
Medium
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