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Insert former F6 into place; check fuselage
alignment and glue into place.
Install tail support M3 on top of fuselage sides (in
notches) and flush with the sides and glue.
Install
the
rear
stringer support M4 on the top of the
fuselage near the tail in the location shown on the
plan (the rear of M4 aligns with the front of M3).
Glue the two former pieces F4A into place on the
back of former F4. Leave a 1/8” gap between them
for the wing dowel to pass through. Dowel will not
be installed until after fuselage is covered. There is
a line engraved in F4 that shows where the bottom
of F4A is to be located.
Install F4B into place behind F4A. Align the bottom of F4B with the bottom of F4A and glue.
Cut 3 stringers for the top of the fuselage (running
front to back from F4B to M4) from the 1/8” x 1/8”
material and insert into place. The stringers are to
be inserted fully into the former slots. Note that the
sides of M4 are going to be sanded to match the
profile of the fuselage, so the side stringers push
down into M4, they are not flush with the top of it.
Glue the stringers into place. Also spot glue the
fuselage sides to the stringers in between the
formers for added support.
