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Finally, cover the sides of the fuselage with separate right and left pieces of covering material. These are the largest pieces
of covering material you’ve worked with so far. Don’t hurry! You can’t cover a fuselage side in 10 minutes like you did the
smaller parts. Be patient and work slowly! Your patience will be rewarded by a better covering job. Overlap all seams at
least 1/8" onto other covering material or onto the pre-painted areas. At the engine compartment, try to work the covering
material around the first corner of every edge, and then trim off the excess covering flush with the inside corners. Do the
same for the wing saddle area. Do not apply any covering material to the area (F8) where the Stabilizer will be glued on!
When you’ve finished, cut open the holes in the fuselage sides for the wing dowels.
Cover The Hatch
This little gem will fool you! Because it’s so small, you’d think it could be covered pretty fast. However, that’s not the case!
There are so many corners and edges, that it takes some time to get all of the Hatch covered. And because the Hatch will
be directly exposed to a lot of engine exhaust, it is very important to get it all covered.
Do not leave any exposed wood! Start by applying an oversize piece of covering to the top of the Hatch. Then turn it over
and cut out the corners of the excess covering to make it easier to wrap and seal the covering around the edges.
Continue wrapping and sealing the covering around the edges and onto the Hatch bottom.
Make slits in the covering to make it easier to work around the curved end of the Hatch and around the Hatch Tongue. Use
patience and do the best you can to get the entire Hatch (top, bottom, and edges) covered. What you can’t get covered with
iron-on covering, you should paint with fuel-proof paint.
Cover The Wing
Begin by covering the ends of the Center Section Trailing Edge with scrap covering material. Run the covering around onto
the top and bottom. Slit the covering to lay down smoothly in front of the plywood Trailing Edge Stiffeners.
Next cover the entire bottom of the Left Wing Panel with one piece of covering material. Like all open structures, you should
seal the covering down all along the outside edges of the structure first. (Do not shrink the center of the covering tight at this
time - see "CAUTION ON SHRINKING WING COVERING" below) At the root of the wing panel, seal the covering down
about 1/4" past the center joint. Cut a hole in the covering to allow the aileron torque rod to stick through. Also, it’s not
necessary to cover over plywood part ASM (aileron servo mount) - merely cover up to it.
At the front of the wing panel, seal the covering material completely around the Leading Edge and trim it off flush with the
top corner of the Leading Edge.
At the back of the wing panel, slit the excess covering at the end of the Center Section Trailing Edge, then run it around the
corner and seal it onto the back of the Trailing Edge. Trim off flush with the top rear corner of the Trailing Edge.
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