WOW, nice build! Great photos, I probably should have taken some (any) during my build.
Thanks Kilroy, as Ive said there were a few adjustments needed to get her looking good.
Joining the front and rear sections once assembled was a bit tricky as mine didn't line up due to earlier errors.
A few things I would pay more attention to, and do first time around on the build now that I'm "smarter" .
1. When forming the air intake, make sure the top portion is flat. The front section of the fuse will glue to it later. In order for the air divertor and fuse to sit properly this HAS to be flat!
2. When gluing the front section onto the air intake it's imperative you get it aligned as straight as possible.
3. Adding the anhedral (sp?) angle to the stab fins I found a stack of 3 thickness of FB gives you just about 15 degree angle Ben recommends (see pic).
4. When joining the front and rear assemblies the two tabs that protrude forward on the rear section didnt match my angle with the front section. Again, it was an error on my part earlier in the build process. Regardless I made a 50% cut on the tab sections about 3 inches. This allowed me to bend/fold and match the front section angles.
5. The canopy deck, instead of folding it on the score cut the full length, I glued about 3 inches of the score cut in from the flat side, thus keeping it flat. Then formed it into the angle. This allowed it to transition from the fuse angle up front to the flat section at the rear.
6. The canopy itself wasn't as bad as I thought it would be folding and shaping it, but once assembled I couldnt get it to sit flat. I made two attempts at this and both had a curve on the base. I finally trimmed it's bottom edges to get it to sit flatter on the canopy deck.
7. After installing the vertical stab be careful when adding the collar at the base. I knocked mine out of square and didnt notice until after the fact.
8. The servo wires, I decided to have them enter the fuse right in front of the forward fan support. Chances are you will need servo extension wires unless your lucky enough to have servos with really long leads. I then glued the wires to the inside of the fuse to keep them from being sucked into the fan. You can hide the majority of the wire outside by gluing them behind the side stab mounts.
9. After assembling the nose cone, I sliced the overlap paper at each angle. This made lining it up and gluing it much easier (see pic)
10. Hi Ben! Thanks again