Nose plate, 1/2A
firewall,, and lower nose plate installed. All of the short angled
balsa framing added. Some of the nose plate
and upper nose plate
will be removed to fir the Cox engine as it is no longer necessary once
the nose is assembled.
The balsa framing is
just there to maintain the original look of construction. The 1/64
ply sheeting at the base of the windshield
is installed.
Note that aft hatch bulkhead is exposed to hold the next section
of 1/64 ply upper nose sheeting.
Another view. The
1/2A firewall is located on the bottom by the slot in the lower nose
plate.
Partially
assembled
wing from the tip end. The first step is to fabricate the spars.
Sand in the tapered shape on the root ends and then cut them to
length.
Next, the ribs are
all slipped on to the top spar in their approximate locations.
Locate the upper and lower spars
at the lines on
the plan at the root end.
Then
place
the first root end rib #2 and the most outboard rib, #2A, and tack them
to the spars. Block the spars and those two ribs up with pins so they
cannot move. Install the rear spar,
the trailing edge parts,
and the leading edge.
Then
align and tack in all the other #2 ribs. The rear spar extension and
the
main spar tip extensions are next, then slide on the #3 and #4 ribs.