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| scigs30 | Comet North American P51 Mustang | Parked | 04-Jul-10 13:37 |  | | Views : 934 | | I covered the wing and fuselage with Japanese tissue pre-shrunk on a picture frame. I applied the tissue with thinned down white glue and shrunk with light mists of water. Everything looked great after shrinking but 1 hour later, my wing developed small stress winkles at the root ribs. knowing I was going to use Japanese tissue, I added some gussets, but I should have laminated two 1/16 root ribs to prevent the stress wrinkles. At this point the stab and rudder have not been covered so I pre shrunk the tissue again on a small frame and then covered the tail surfaces. If I used Domestic tissue then I probably would not have had those issues, but man I sure like the look of white Japanese tissue. I like both types of tissue equally and really don't prefer one over the other. I did remove the side stringers since they did not look right under the tissue. 2 coats of dope have been applied and now she is off to the paint shop. The prop is built per the plans for display only, I won't try to fly her with the balsa prop, probably use a peck prop. |
| scigs30 | Comet North American P51 Mustang | Parked | 30-Jun-10 18:54 |  | | Views : 837 | |
| scigs30 | Comet North American P51 Mustang | Parked | 30-Jun-10 18:54 |  | | Views : 719 | |
| scigs30 | Comet North American P51 Mustang | Parked | 30-Jun-10 18:54 |  | | Views : 684 | |
| scigs30 | Comet North American P51 Mustang | Parked | 30-Jun-10 18:53 |  | | Views : 793 | |
| scigs30 | Comet North American P51 Mustang | Build | 30-Jun-10 18:53 |  | | Views : 922 | | This little plane went together pretty quick, I built it per the plans so that made it easy. It is a typical Comet kit with lack of instruction, leaving some building up to the imagination. I added the motor mount that is not on the plans, also added a functioning nose block. Comet does not have much detail about the nose block area. The nose former has 2 slots on each side for side stringers but the plans do not show where these stringers go. I remember building this kit when I was younger and being told it has side stringers, besides I don't think Mustangs have a flat side. The landing gear will once again be plug in gear so I can fly without the landing gear. All stringers that have curves were soaked in water and then pre bent before gluing into place. This guarantees the fuselage will not warp. So far the weight is 10 grams. |
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