Thanks to the vile influence of all the balsa peddlers around here, and especially this thread over here, I ordered the Dandy Sport from Mountain Models. It showed up Friday and I got started on my first balsa build today. After a little sanding, a little gluing, and a little more sanding, I ended up with some completed tailfeathers.
Assembly was clear and obvious. The pieces can only fit together one way. You just sand off the sprue nubs, glue the edges and clamp them together. Preparing the leading edges of the rudder nad elevator was a bit fuzzy, though. "Sand a 45 degree bevel in the leading edge", with no indication of which side of the elevator is "up" or which side of the rudder to bevel. I guess from the instructions that it doesn't actually matter for either, but it would have been nice to make it clear.
After getting that finished up (for now, it still needs paint or covering) I started on one of the wings. This is pretty clear as well. The parts aren't labeled, but you can easily identify them by size and shape. I cut a piece of scrap balsa off the sheet that held the vertical spar and slotted all the ribs onto it to align them into a block. Some quick work with a sanding block took all the sprue nubs off and cleaned them up. I jigged everything up on top of the plans, test-fit it, then glued most of it up. The lower horizontal spar isn't glued in place yet, I'm waiting for the glue to dry, then I'll flip it over and glue on the lower spar.
More will follow as I make progress.
Assembly was clear and obvious. The pieces can only fit together one way. You just sand off the sprue nubs, glue the edges and clamp them together. Preparing the leading edges of the rudder nad elevator was a bit fuzzy, though. "Sand a 45 degree bevel in the leading edge", with no indication of which side of the elevator is "up" or which side of the rudder to bevel. I guess from the instructions that it doesn't actually matter for either, but it would have been nice to make it clear.
After getting that finished up (for now, it still needs paint or covering) I started on one of the wings. This is pretty clear as well. The parts aren't labeled, but you can easily identify them by size and shape. I cut a piece of scrap balsa off the sheet that held the vertical spar and slotted all the ribs onto it to align them into a block. Some quick work with a sanding block took all the sprue nubs off and cleaned them up. I jigged everything up on top of the plans, test-fit it, then glued most of it up. The lower horizontal spar isn't glued in place yet, I'm waiting for the glue to dry, then I'll flip it over and glue on the lower spar.
More will follow as I make progress.