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 J-3 Cub Construction Project Session #54

54 J-3 Cub Black Tissue Trim on Tail

Several days ago I called and discussed how to do control panel lines with black tissue on the cub with Gene Wallock. He gave me some good tips. He said put down about five sheets of newspaper to cut the tissue on and use a very sharp razor blade. The picture below shows the newspaper, metal straight edge, and black tissue. Look close and you can see one 1/16" strip already cut.
 
Gene said to position and tack the black tissue strips down in spots with a small brush dipped in acetone. The tricky part is how you have to cut the black tissue strip. You place the razor blade sharp edge down onto the strip perpendicular to the surface. Then you pull the black tissue strip up against the edge cutting it off. As it turns out, I mastered the technique pretty quickly as the pictures of the rudder and elevator below show.
 
 
 
I will attempt the ailerons on the wing tomorrow.................Tandy 

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