little alcohol on a soft cloth or paper towel will easily and safely
remove any excess glue from the windows.
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3) The aluminum top wing panel joiner blade is now installed
into the fuselage.
From the kit contents, locate Bag #14,
containing the Top Wing Joiner Blade and the hardware bag for
mounting it.
Install the aluminum joiner blade into the vertical slot at the top of
the fuselage - positive dihedral edge up - and continue sliding
through the fuselage and through the opposite vertical slot on the
opposite side. Center the blade. From the backside of the top
plywood former, insert the two 4-40 x 10 mm Allen head bolts,
each with a 4-40 flat washer, through the two pre-drilled holes and
through the matching holes in the joiner blade. From the front of
the blade, thread the 4-40 lock nuts onto the bolt ends. Hold one
of the lock nuts with either a nut driver or a pair of pliers and from
the backside, use an Allen wrench to firmly tighten the bolt.
Repeat this process with the remaining bolt and nut.
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4) The molded windshield - removed earlier in these
instructions - is now reinstalled in place at the top front of the
fuselage with the four T2.6 x 8 mm PWA screws.
DECAL APPLICATION:
With the wings still not mounted, this is the most convenient
opportunity to apply the decals. Locate the decal sheets from the
kit contents.
The decals supplied with your Waco SRE ARF kit are high quality
Mylar™ with a very aggressive adhesive. The individual decals are
not die-cut and must be removed from the sheet with a hobby knife
and a sharp #11 blade or sharp scissors. A straight edge makes
this easier in the case of registration numbers, door panels, etc.
Use the box art and other photos in this manual for the correct
placement of the provided decals. Note that the largest NC1252W
decal is applied to the top right wing panel. The medium-size
NC1252W decal is applied to the bottom left wing panel, as shown
in the photo. We suggest the following procedure to accurately
apply the larger decals in this kit.
Carefully cut out the decal and lift it off the sheet with tweezers.
Use a product like SIG Pure Magic Model Airplane Cleaner or
Windex
®
to spray the general area of the model that will receive the
decal. Then spray the adhesive side of the decal as well. Lightly
position the decal in place on the model. The liquid cleaner allows
the decal to slide easily into the desired position, as long as you
don't press down on it. Once the decal is in position, hold it lightly
in place with your fingertips and use a paper towel to gently dab
the excess liquid away. Use a small squeegee to now set the decal
SIDE WINDOW INSTALLATION:
From the kit contents locate Bag #13, containing the Molded Clear
Plastic Side Window set. This bag contains both a left and a right
window set. These window sets have been molded to fit nicely into
the four side window openings in the fuselage, from the inside.
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1) Use a small piece of #220 sandpaper to lightly sand the
inside edges of each window opening in the fuselage to smooth
them. Clean off any dust. To get rid of the bare wood look in these
four window frames, we used a black marker pen with a large
chisel tip to lightly go around each window cut out, blackening each
frame uniformly.
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2) Using scissors, cut out each individual window, leaving
about 1/8” of plastic around the edges for a gluing surface. When
all four windows are cut out, test fit each of them into their
respective openings. Pop them back out and use a little alcohol
and a paper towel to clean the gluing edges of each window.
We suggest using 5-minute epoxy glue to mount these windows.
Do not use CA glue for this purpose! Apply a thin bead of glue
around the gluing edges of the plastic window and press it in place
from the inside of the fuselage. If necessary, use a few small
pieces of tape to hold the window in place until the glue sets. A
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