Second side sheeted and holes made for the template. The template is made from the wing. Template fitted to the the fuselage by the 2 wing anti rotation pins. Marked the out line onto the fuselage now close my eyes cut it along the line and see what I end up with.
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@Snoopy1 I have been out for a week on work travel and you go and finish the plane without me !! It looks to be coming along well. I did not like cutting the sheeting holes for the wing, took me forever and I still did not really like the outcome as it does leave some gaps around the wing as I mentioned before. What is really important though is to add the 1/8" square balsa support around the opening (on the inside of the skin). This strengthens the opening and helps reduce hangar rash, while also making it a little easier to cover as you have more surface to adher the covering too when you round it into the skin.
Looks like your next big sheeting job is the turtle deck. That took me a few days to do, as it was all about taking it slowly. It is very important that the fuselage remains straight through the entire process. I started with wetting the sheeting in the centre, where the bend is tightest. I added damp paper towl to this area and let the weight of the sheeting start the process. Every 30 minutes or so I would use a water spray bottle to redamp the sheeting and paper towel working my way out from the centre. After it started taking some shape I added wet facewashers to get it to go further and let the weight of them do the work. The added bonus is they stay wet longer so the rewtting can be done at less frequent intervals. As the sheet molded further I added damp hand towels and eventually damp bath towels. The extra weight of these items is what brings the sheeting around to the fuselage contours needed. As I said it took a couple of days, but even with the relatively poor sheeting in the kit I got it around with no splits at all to the point that I could clamp the sheeting to the fusealge sides at the rear. The front decking can be completed in a similar way, although it is a little easier.
In hindsight, I probably would have selected better balsa to work with on the rear turtle deck and used a planking method on the front turtle deck.
Can't wait to see how this turns out. I am kind of glad the weather is bad as it means I get to continue following your excellent build a little longer. Who know, you might get to the point where the structure is complete and then you can keep working the other parts during non flying time?
