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