Building Instructions:
General Note: Cover the plans with wax paper before assembling your model to prevent the parts from sticking to the plan.
Building the Tail Surfaces:
1...Join R-1 and R-2 together over the plan. Temporarily hinge the rudder to the fin. Do not glue the hinges at this time.
2...Join parts S-2 to each end of S-1.
3...Join the elevators (S-3) using the 1/8” dowel. Use the plan and part S-1 as a guide. Trim the dowel as required to achieve
the proper length.
4...Temporarily hinge the elevators to the stabilizer. Do not glue the hinges at this time.
5...Sand the tail surfaces smooth and round all of the edges except the bottom edge of the fin.
Building the Fuselage:
6...Glue parts F-2 to the front of the fuselage sides (F-1).
7...Glue F-3 into position on the fuselage sides. Be careful to make one right and one left hand side.
8...Glue parts F-5 and F-5A together as shown on the plan.
9...Place the right fuselage side on the building board and place formers F-4, F-5 and F-6 into position. These formers should
be 90 degrees to the Fuselage side. Glue the formers to the fuselage side.
10...Glue the left fuselage side into position on the formers. The formers should also be 90 degrees to this fuselage side.
11...Put former F-11 into position and clamp the aft end of the fuselage together with two clothes pins. Align the joint at the
rear of the fuselage 90 degrees to the fuselage top and glue the sides together. Now glue F-11 into position.
12...Place F-10 into position and carefully squeeze the fuselage sides into contact with F-10 and glue in position.
13...Place the aft fuselage top (F-12) into position. Glue F-12 to the top of formers F-6, F-10 and F-11. Gently squeeze the
fuselage sides into contact with the top and glue together.
14...Glue F-13 into position.
15...Place F-7 into position and squeeze the fuselage sides into contact with F-8. Glue F-8 and F-7 into place.
16...Place F-9 into position by placing the tab on F-9 into the notch in F-8 and rotating F-9 down into position. Glue F-9 into
place.
17...Glue the keel (F-14) into position in the slots in the bottom of the formers.
18...Using a fore and aft motion, sand the bottom edge on the fuselage sides to match the angle on the bottom of the formers.
19...Cut one of the 1/16” x 3” x 18” sheets in half to make two strips 1 1/2” wide. Use these pieces to sheet the bottom rear of
the fuselage between F-5A and F-11. The joint between the two pieces of sheet should be centered on the keel. When the
glue is dry, sand the bottom sheet flush with the fuselage sides.
20...Use the 3/32” x 3” x 3” sheet to sheet the bottom of the fuselage from F-11 to the end. Trim and sand the sheet to match
the fuselage bottom and sides.
21...Cut another 1/16” x 3” x 18” sheet in half to make the forward bottom fuselage sheet. Use these two pieces to sheet the
bottom of the fuselage between F-8 and F-5. Center the joint on the keel as you did the aft sheet. Trim flush with the fuse
lage sides, F-8 and F-5.
22...Glue F-15 and F-16 into position on the forward top of the fuselage. Sheet the fuselage top between these two formers with
1/16” sheet. You may wet the outside of this sheet to help form the curved shape. Trim the sheet flush with the front of
F-15 and flush with the rear of F-16.
23...Tack glue the hatch block into position using one small drop of glue at each corner where the hatch rests on F-9. Sand the
hatch to match the curve of F-8 and F-15.
24...Glue the nose block to the front of the fuselage. Trim the block to match the top profile shown on the plan first. Then trim
the block to match the side profile. Now round the top to match the hatch and then sand the bottom to match the angles of
the fuselage bottom.
25...Glue F-17 to the front of F-4. Glue the 3/8” sq. fairing block into position on top of F-17 and sand to shape.
26...Sand the entire fuselage smooth with 320 grit sand paper.
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