gjgflitetest
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Hi All,
Feels good to be here! In 1996 I made a Guillow's Spitfire (~17 inch wingspan). Painted it, flew it once. Now that COVID-19 has given me a little more home-time, I've ordered a Dumas F4F (the smaller one), which should arrive today. Here's my questions:
1) Gorilla wood glue okay (the Gorilla WOOD glue, not regular Gorilla glue)?
2) I'm going with foamboard over parchment for the assembly. Anybody have suggestions for ways to make the fuselage as straight as possible with minimal specialized tools?
3) How high does Dumas rate for balsa models? My memory is that the Guillow's was pretty good, in terms of fit and plan details. I have a Comet Mustang and would have started on that but it is larger and looks much more tricky.
I've done a little bit of searching, and haven't got answers to the above questions, but I'm new, so I hope you'll all bear with me.
Thanks,
Geoff
Feels good to be here! In 1996 I made a Guillow's Spitfire (~17 inch wingspan). Painted it, flew it once. Now that COVID-19 has given me a little more home-time, I've ordered a Dumas F4F (the smaller one), which should arrive today. Here's my questions:
1) Gorilla wood glue okay (the Gorilla WOOD glue, not regular Gorilla glue)?
2) I'm going with foamboard over parchment for the assembly. Anybody have suggestions for ways to make the fuselage as straight as possible with minimal specialized tools?
3) How high does Dumas rate for balsa models? My memory is that the Guillow's was pretty good, in terms of fit and plan details. I have a Comet Mustang and would have started on that but it is larger and looks much more tricky.
I've done a little bit of searching, and haven't got answers to the above questions, but I'm new, so I hope you'll all bear with me.
Thanks,
Geoff