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That's going to be a really interresting you have ventured into....Looking forward to seeing how you poll it off...

 

Texas :speak_cool:

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Whoop-dee-dooo! Thanks for following along everybody. :beer: Yep, I've got the 'Texas Battle-cry' of "Just get er done" going on right now Tex. Put about 2-1/2hrs. into this tonight before I had to call a pizza-break and stop. I'm liking this new design. Only got time for some short snippets for explanations as I go along, so I won't be doing too much jabbering. Started with some longerons applied to the sides and bottom before adding a sheet of styrene to the top for some sheer strength and lining things up. Here's the bottom;

 

 

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And the top;

 

 

 

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Going for light weight here, as this is all behind the main gear. More stringers for strength and something to glue the bottom skin to.

 

 

 

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Skinning the bottom with yet more scrap styrene. I'm refusing to spend another dime acquiring parts for this, so it's recycling time.

 

 

 

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All glued together with a few more laminated skins of styrene to fill things out, which will minimize the amount of putty I'll need.

 

 

 

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Let me put this putty-queen up on the catwalk so she can strut around and we can check out her lines;

 

 

 

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Oooooh yes, this has some potential. :beer:

 

 

 

 

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