Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

[pawnshopmike]

Looking good bro!

 

[fencelake]

Looking good bro!

Thanks!

 

[fencelake]

Made a little more progress on the left wing over the weekend. It's forecasted to rain most of the week, so I won't be flying as much and can continue on with the build! The first thing I had to do was pop out all the false ribs. They all came out really easily and in great condition. I then layed them out without gluing them just yet.

 

[fencelake]

At the forward wing strut hard point I didn't trim the plywood originally, but in laying out my false ribs I realized I would have to cut this for the rib to fit. I just used my razor saw and it was easily fixed.

 

[fencelake]

The next step was to glue on the first part of the leading edge. I didn't have enough material, so I had to buy another piece of 2" x 1/4" balsa. In order to make the 45 degree angle at the top I pushed an Xacto blade through a triangle piece of balsa and used it as a guide. It worked pretty well.

 

[fencelake]

Once I completed this I could go back and glue in all the false ribs. I used a scrap piece of ply (checking for 90 degrees) as my guide to make sure they were all 90 degrees.

 

[fencelake]

I then lam'd up the wing tip and blocked it into place. It's installed at an angle so a couple of pieces of scrap are used to pin it in the correct position while the final rib is glued into place. I used CA for the rib, but at the trailing edge of the wing tip I used gorilla wood glue.

 

[fencelake]

I next installed the forward upper false spar and feathered it into the wing tip. After that I was supposed to plane down the trailing edge false spar with a planar, but I guess mine is too dull. I ended up using an Xacto knife and a straight edge, which worked all right. I'm going to have to buy some two sided tape so I can use my really long sanding bar this evening.

 

[pawnshopmike]

The next step was to glue on the first part of the leading edge. I didn't have enough material, so I had to buy another piece of 2" x 1/4" balsa. In order to make the 45 degree angle at the top I pushed an Xacto blade through a triangle piece of balsa and used it as a guide. It worked pretty well.

Great tip!

 

[fencelake]

Well, I've been really neglecting this project because it's been so beautiful outside I've been flying, but summer's coming and I want this thing ready, so I sacrificed a gorgeous afternoon yesterday and got back to work!

I got the wing sheeting finished on the leading edge and added the wingtip gusset.