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Covering

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I was looking around for a nice covering scheme. I finally settled on the color combination of white, black, and neon lime. I saw this scheme on a Stick by Dancing Wings Hobby and decided that I would use it on my Four Star instead of the all-yellow and traditional stickers. This is what the Dancing Wings looks like: I loosely based my covering design on the STICK. The changes I've made include a checkerboard patters for the bottom of the wings and less elaborate contours. Wing top and bottom Fuselage and empennage Complete model

Wings

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This is the first time I'm building a laser cut balsa kit. The manual seems to be very detailed including pictures and a full size plan. The only issue I have is the mismatch between measurements on the plan vs. the actual part layout and size. However, using the plan as a guide seems to be sufficient and the wing panel build was easy. I use my magnet board and a few of my LiPo batteries to weigh things down when needed. I am not using  Aliphatic wood glue and no t CA as directed by the build manual. This required me to glue he wing panel in stages instead of a complete dry fit before a CA gluing stage. The part were sometimes not snug enough, so the wood glue was a better choice. I think that for a good CA bond all parts must be snug against each other. Complete wing panels before sanding: Wing panels attached with dihedral brace before and after sanding