Wanted actual wheel wells. Landing gear will be fixed down.
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Solid wing tips made by laminating scrap, rough carving then filing and sanding to shape.
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Extra stringers in body and wings. Test fitting wing assembly.
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Planked the body and part of the wings.
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Solid and scratch built tail and rudder.
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filling and sanding the body. Very long process.
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mocking up the fit and such. Wings covered in tissue and sealed.
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Guns from brass tubing. Hand formed mounts for them.
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Balsa fairings for the wing to body.
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Working on the underside.
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Nearly finished. Hand carved drop tank and the propellers are each hand formed from balsa and incorporated into stock plastic nose.
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