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Happy Days:



Having a spot of bother building this Phase 6 of mine. :?
All sensible ideas would be greatly appreciated :D

The picture shows the front (inside) portion of the fuselarge. I am required to stick the piece of triangular section around the bottom section of the fuse'. To aid the bending of this piece of 3/8" section I've cut little slots in the top.

The instructions advise PVA glue which takes at lease half an hour to set.
To hold the triangular section in place around the curves of the bottom of the fuse' for that much time the instructions advise pinning the triangular strip to the fuse.............

There in lies the problem  :!:

The triangular strip of wood is so dam hard that the pins just bend or snap. I fear using thicker pins in case I split the wood.

So,..............all you experts out there,.........what's the solution :?:

K.

Brian:
Hi Keith,
Cut and bend till good dry fit.
Run small bead of PVA onto the plywood having sanded it first to remove the release agent they use when making the ply. Press the hard wood into the glue a section at a time and while holding in place add a flash of thin super glue at the edges (just along where you have it held in place).
Work along the length of hardwood two inches at a time until done.
When done squeeze some PVA into the cuts with your finger.

Brian

Happy Days:
Well done that Man! :clap:

Thank you Brian, that little trick worked :D

I did find however that the CA (Super Glue) didn't want to cure when I dripped it onto the joint. I assumed that some of the PVA glue had squeezed out between the joint and reacted with the CA. However, a wee drop of CA Activator solved that problem.

Onward we go with the build!

K.



p.s.
Sorry the picture is hard to see the various parts. (It was taken by flash light) The longer you look at the picture the more you'll be able to make out.

Fred:
Hi there,

Sorry, bit of a late answer here...  :oops:  Busy days !  :!:

But same as Brian ! I haven't use pins for years now !
If you don't have thin Cyano, you can put a drop of normal basic cyano every inch or so on the white glue directly...
The cyano will work as pins, the best of both world !  :D

Happy Days:
Yes Fred, that really works :clap: .............putting drops of thick CA on top of the white PVA glue saves having to hold the pieces together while trying to put drops of thin CA onto the joint.

Thank you both very much for the advise. (No doubt I'll have some more questions for you before long!)

Keith

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