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This method worked out well for me on a Dirty Birdy build. It required minimal filling and sanding.</div>
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Advice from expert scale designer and builder Nick Ziroli: Instead of adding the fillet after the wing and fuselage are built, I make the shape of the fillet areas as part of the fuselage formers themselves. This requires having at least the wing center section
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org> on behalf of Andre Bouchard via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 23, 2020 12:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Richard Lewis <humptybump@sbcglobal.net>; General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Balsa fillets-more old school!</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Richard,<br>
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Good news on the wing sheeting.<br>
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Your plan to shape the fillets is how I would do it. Use multiple diameter dowels, larger for the back, smaller for the front.<br>
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I would not put too much of a radius into the fillets as that will make them weak and prone to breaking.<br>
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Carve the rectangular fillets to a rough triangle before putting them on to save sanding effort and make them more flexible (easier to conform to the wing).<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Andre<br>
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> On Dec 22, 2020, at 8:45 PM, Richard Lewis via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> wrote:<br>
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> Ok...so the wing sheeting was a success with you guys help...so...<br>
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> Old school MK kit with balsa wood wing fillets. The fillets are supplied as two rectangular pieces that are pre-shaped to the wing saddle profile.<br>
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> What’s the tip/tricks/secrets to attaching these and shaping them into those sexy hollowed out fillets shown on the box/plans...<br>
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> My initial thoughts are to glue them on, tape the wing skin and fuse sides to protect them, and sand with a dowel...<br>
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> Richard<br>
> Sent from my mobile device.<br>
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