The process starts with the varnishing and sanding of all of the airplane parts to prepare them
for the glue & covering. |
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Here my Father-in-Law is working on sanding the wing to prepare for varnishing. |
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Lot's of help is a great thing when it comes to this most tedious of jobs. Man there are a bunch
of small sticks that need varnishing in there. |
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My son did a great job at working in the small areas of the wing with the varnish. |
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Here is the Elevator with one side covered and the second waiting to have the glue dry and fabric
attached. |
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One end of the Elevator. |
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Another end of the Elevator. |
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This is the finished vertical fin. It just needs to be heat shrunk to finish it up. |
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I have not done any of the heat shrinking yet. I have such good help that all I do is supervise
the process! |
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Carefull attention is required with a 225 deg iron to make it all nice and smooth. Later we will
up the heat and do the final shrink. |
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Notice the small green sanding paper. Strange how it ends up in the smallest places in out of the
way hiding spots! |
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