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| To minimize material stress and to allow for a curved balsa shell I cut thin slots into the backside of the balsa stripe. |
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| I poured superglue into the grooves and bent the balsa. A shot of activator secured the balsa immediately. |
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| The balsa shell glued into the framework. It starts to look like a ... whale?! |
Interesting technique. Saw a similar approach at your Bismarck bilge-keels.
ReplyDeleteBut why not sanding the shape "out" of a solid balsa block?
Hi Seb,
ReplyDeletejust to save some weight. It´s also a nice exercise :-)
Simple but good reason. Go on :)
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