Opitec 102.056, Assembly Instructions Manual

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7.4 Covering the wings, water shrinking and doping
7.4.1 Cut the tissue paper through the middle with a razor blade (approx 255 x 380mm)
7.4 2 Coat the leading/ trailing edges/ ribs on the underside of the wing with wallpaper paste or Glutofix
7.4.3 Line up the paper with the wing edge and gently stretch it over the wing smoothing out any wrinkles as you
go.
7.4.4 Coat the top of the wing,leading edge etc with paste
7.4.5 Hold the wing in the air, turn it slowly so that the covering paper lays over the top of the wing.
Note:
Try this stage before aplying the glue !
Press the covering down with your fingers (If there are points where the paste is dry, more paste can be
added with a brush, it will soak through the surface of the tissue)
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