November 11 - December 6, 2002

Covering the Fuselage

 

Once again, all the rough edges taped.

 

It would have been tricky covering around the gear leg. This simplified the problem.

 

Here's the cloth, roughly draped in place.

 

Cutting openings and clamping in place.

 

Glued, but "unskrunk."

 

The cloth "Skrank!"

 

The aft section draped and clamped.

 

The aft section glued and skrank.

 

The fuselage taped and smoothed.

 

Final edge taping, using a hand-cut piece to fit the shape of the nose.

 

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