OK, I'm officially excited again Manny... Silhoetter printed to card stock & cut out, traced to styrene for the lower surface. Getting rid of anything blue.... mmmmmm, love the smell of Sharpies in the evening...
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All cleaned up & ready for the next step.
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Manny, this one is just for you. I got up for a drink, came back to find my assistant (or is it your spy?
) in my seat, had to pull another one up to the table so she could continue watching my progress.
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Main ribs in place. Outboard of this starts getting thin fairly quickly, so I think I'll be building another pair of ribs, then just a basswood spacer to give the right thickness for the outer panels. Center rib has a cutout for the cockpit area, engine pods should snuggle in between center rib & next one out.
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Things I've discovered about Crazy Glue...
- basswood to basswood, actually not too good a bond, or it takes forever,
- basswood to plastic, nearly immediate and impressive hold. Using .02 styrene, I was able to glue down the rear of the ribs, let it dry, then flex the plastic so I could glue the front of the rib. Seems to have kept the curve this morning. I will still run some rib-to-rib connectors just to make sure
- Uhhh, when they say "bonds skin instantly", they're bloody well not kidding. Took me a good 5 minutes to peel one of the ribs off of my fingertip, and it took skin off with it.
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Proof of progress, Mein Herr! ![http://firstfighterwing.com/Forum/images/smilies/smiley_salute.gif](http://firstfighterwing.com/Forum/images/smilies/smiley_salute.gif)