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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:33 |  |
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| Sorry guys, still learning how to upload images. I used a pin vice to drill the covering and wood backing to help me thread the stitching. It was at this point, since I knew I was stitching directly onto the fuselage, that I will leave the entire bottom of the fuselage uncovered to allow me access to the interior for the stitching. Once everything is done, II will cover the bottom of the fuselage and seal everything inside. That's it for now. Thanks guys . sky |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:29 |  |
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| a pin vice to help me penetrate the wood. During the actual covering and finishing of the fuselage, I'll leave the entire bottom of the fuselage uncov |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:25 |  |
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| You can easily see gluing the whole thing wasn't the solution..... Only one option left, just simply stitch the Solarte4x and thread directly to (and thru the wood too) fuselage. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:22 |  |
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| Problem with the sticky paper was that after threading the Solartex film, when I tried to pull it off, the threads came apart. Only option was to try to simply leave the threads and covering on the paper and glue to whole thing to the fuselage. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 21:19 |  |
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| Here is a really good example of what was happening as I tried to loop the needle back through the paper and covering. You can easily see how the previous threads were pulled apart and distorted. So, I figured the next best thing would be to use sticky paper to help hold things down. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 12-Nov-15 20:50 |  |
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| I initially laid out some strips of Solartex on a piece of paper and tried to stitch them together. Thinking that I could simply glue on the results to the fuselage. As it turned out, each time I threaded the needle, the covering would move around or the thread would distort and stretch. If you zoom up, you can easily see the inconsistency of the stitching. |
