Got the modeling bug this past weekend

Hi roddie,
That straight line fin, looks like a Mach2 FlightStreak fin to me.
The curved one,
Is like, ' Fonzie jumping the Shark', to me...  And looks tail heavy.
Just my opinion...
I am enjoying this thread.
Keeping things simple,
Is way harder,
Than you think,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

HalfaDave wrote:Hi roddie,
That straight line fin, looks like a Mach2 FlightStreak fin to me.    
The curved one,
Is like, ' Fonzie jumping the Shark', to me...  And looks tail heavy.
Just my opinion...
I am enjoying this thread.
Keeping things simple,
Is way harder,
Than you think,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

Dave..... thank you. I thought that same tail-heavy perception.. with the radiussed-shape fin.

Tonight, i decided to "finish-glue" the wing and stab. fuselage-joints using 30-minute epoxy. There were areas which had only been "tacked".. that needed to be anchored.





I did that using a short-bristled "flux-brush" liberally spreading the epoxy into any and all voids in the joints. This type of gluing helps to keep your airplane somewhat-salvageable.. in the event that you have a deviation from your flight-plan.

So yea.. the 30 min. pot-life epoxy was mixed... and liberally applied where needed. Then I dampened a paper-towel/pad with 91% isopropyl alcohol.. and proceeded to wipe-down the structure.

I wiped any excess glue from my hands.. and applied a quality moisturizer.



It's important to always protect your health while enjoying your hobbies,

I went with the geometric styled fin.. and fastened it to the tail using a cut-off toothpick like you see on the canopy (first photo).. to help keep it from being inadvertently broken-off in the event of a mishap. A Dubro hinge-slotting kits' centering-guide was used to help drill the holes for the toothpicks.



It's a done deal now.. finish-glued with thin CA.







I need to revise my drawing to reflect the latest layout.