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EarlyBird

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  1. Thanks Peter. Glued along the spine. The tape was for bending the damp sheet on the second side and here it is ready for glue. Which will happen after my second coffee. Cheers Steve
  2. That's good news Bob I would love to see some photos please. Turtle deck. I did my usual method of wetting the sheet and letting it dry in place. This is how it looked. The shape is roughly there which makes it easier to hold in place while the glue dries. A few pins, tape and pegs is all that is needed. I have not glued along the spine and will do that as a separate operation. Snakes are glued in. I like them to be flush. Every time I type snakes it reminds me of a very funny incident when working in Mangrove swamps for Chevron Oil in the Delta Region of Nigeria. Oops got side tracked there and almost forgot the photo. Snakes allegedly it was a Black Mamba . Cheers Steve
  3. After a lot of thinking and trial fitting pieces of balsa to the cowl. I have decided that I need more thinking time this design business is not easy for me and yet others appear to have no problem designing and building a model in three weeks. How do you do it Peter? The cowl is put on hold for the time being and I will make progress elsewhere on the fuselage. Snakes to glue in place, top and bottom sheeting behind the wing seating. Cheers Steve
  4. Motor shaft reversed for the folding propeller spinner and fitted along with the nose ring. Now I can make some decisions on how to form the cowl and the battery hatch. time again! Cheers Steve
  5. Motor mount glued Cockpit floor glued, which is a bonus. Test fit the batteries. Two 2200 3S just fit so there is plenty of room. Now the fuselage is off the board there are more options for what to do next. I am starting to think of ways to lighten the tail surfaces. But there is the front end to finish. Cheers Steve
  6. Yes FF and there is more fun to come as I am undecided about the battery hatch F1 is now glued in place under the sash clamps. Motor mount to be glued in tomorrow, maybe. Cheers Steve
  7. It is a DW Hobby kit and there is a build log here
  8. Fitting the battery board continued this morning. This is the final fit before glue time. It was tight in places and small gaps in others so I sharpened my pencil and scribed around the edges. Obviously where there were gaps the pencil line was thinner or missing and on the tight sections the line was thicker. Just a simple process of sanding back where the line was thickest to give a better fit. Having convinced myself that there was nothing else to do I glued the board to F2. Waiting for glue to dry again! Cheers Steve
  9. I assumed you did Peter and like you I preferred seeing the full size drawing, I think our boards were A0 . It was a long time ago 1977 and my first full time employment. After a few adjustments and trial fits F1 is glued in place. Also the battery board is finished complete with all the necessary holes. This is the bottom view which includes a box for the strap to thread through. More later maybe. Cheers Steve
  10. Autocad was a revelation in the early eighties, as was the personal computer (PC), but I felt like something was missing not the same as pencil and Rotring Pen. The good old days More fun with glue today. Well F2 and the undercarriage mount is glued and bolted. I have to cut ventilation holes and holes for the wires from the ESC. First test fit. The ESC will be under the motor mount and cable tied to the ply that extends beyond the motor mount. A few adjustments tomorrow and then it will be glue time again. Cheers Steve
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