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Sopwith F1 ‘Camel’
LOWER WINGS
1) Using the same methods as the upper wings,
cover the underside of each wing with one piece
of tissue that runs from the root rib to the tip.
2) Cover the top in two pieces, the main wing panels
from the root rib to the tip rib, then from the tip
rib to the wing tip itself.
3) Shrink each wing separately, pin or weigh down
the outline of each panel with spacers underneath
as per the upper wings
THE FUSELAGE
1) Cover the fuselage in a similar way to the flying
surfaces using a glue stick and thinned PVA on
overlapping joints or where the glue stick cannot
reach. The following is a suggested order for
covering the fuselage:
On each side:
One piece running from F6 to the sternpost at
the rear, along the top edge of K1.
The bottom:
One piece running from F3 to F10.
The top:
Cover the top rear with a triangle shape between
the top edges of K1 each side from F7 to F10 –
over all of the stringers.
2) Allow the glue to go off for a few hours or
preferably overnight, then shrink the tissue.
You need not constrain the fuselage in any way
as the tissue shrinkage should be equal on both
sides and no warps should occur.
3) Trace paper patterns W, X (2 off), Y and Z onto
standard printer paper (80gsm) following the
solid lines.
4) Using a glue stick, glue the paper parts to an
area of tissue, leaving a gap between them. Note
for parts X you need to make a left hand and
right hand version by gluing them the opposite
way round on the tissue.
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