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Crimea_River
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The fairing has been shaped and the missing fasteners replaced on both sides. These will be filed down once the glue has solidified.
The leading edge slats now get attention. This starts with scoring along the panel line with a fine razor saw. Here you see one of several that I used.
With the slat carefully removed, the next step is to add spacers under the cut so that the upper wing surface does not flex. These also act as support points for the cut styrene sheet inner surface that will be added. Also seen here is the upturned slat with the rough inside shown.
The styrene sheet piece has been glued in and shaped into an airfoil and the inner surface of the slat has been scraped using a curved x-acto blade.
After final shaping the slat looks like this. It's important to get the trailing edge very thin.
The slats will now be set aside and will not be glued in place until very late in the build as the supports will be delicate and prone to breaking. Thanks for looking in.
The leading edge slats now get attention. This starts with scoring along the panel line with a fine razor saw. Here you see one of several that I used.
With the slat carefully removed, the next step is to add spacers under the cut so that the upper wing surface does not flex. These also act as support points for the cut styrene sheet inner surface that will be added. Also seen here is the upturned slat with the rough inside shown.
The styrene sheet piece has been glued in and shaped into an airfoil and the inner surface of the slat has been scraped using a curved x-acto blade.
After final shaping the slat looks like this. It's important to get the trailing edge very thin.
The slats will now be set aside and will not be glued in place until very late in the build as the supports will be delicate and prone to breaking. Thanks for looking in.