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 J-3 Cub Construction Project Session #25

25 J-3 Cub Starting the Wings
 
Before I started working on the wing today, I took this picture of the finished tail group. Both have been finished sanded and are ready for covering.
 
At this point the drill for the wing tip is well known: (1) trace the wing tip pattern off of the plan, (2) cut the pattern out and trace it onto the 1/8" card board, (3) cut the card board template out, and (4) pin the template down on the work table over a piece of wax paper. I stripped out three more 1/24" X 1/8" balsa strips, soaked them in hot water for about an hour, put Titebond glue between the three pieces (the spline), and formed it around the card board template while pinning holding blocks to hold the spline against the template to shape it. This is shown in the picture below.........................Tandy 

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