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Step 3: Assembling the Fuselage
You will assemble the fuselage by first assembling the wing hold down plates to their
respective formers then attaching them and the rest of the formers to the fuselage sides.
After that, you'll attach the fuselage bottom then top.
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Putting together the fuselage
24. Glue the 1/64 ply fuselage doublers to the fuselage sides. Make sure they are carefully
aligned with the top of the fuselage sides. Glue with thin CA. You did make a right and a
left side and not two of one side, right?
25. Glue the wing hold down plates to their respective formers. These parts only go together
one way so it isn't too difficult to figure out how to assemble them.
Note: The rear former is delicate, handle with care.
26. Place the just competed parts in one fuselage side and add the rest of the fuselage
formers except the front most one.
27. Attach the other fuselage side.
28. Attach the fuselage bottom. It is easiest to start at the middle and work back. Don't glue
the front yet.
29. Attach the fuselage top.
30. This is a fun step. Position and glue the front most former into place while holding
everything into position. Extra points if you don't glue your fingers to the fuselage.
31. Glue the three 1/4" blocks to the nose of the fuselage then sand the fuselage to shape.
Mountain Models DL50
The fuselage wood is glued with thin
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