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Re: Jilles Smits Bergfalke 11_55 built by Clive Learwood**

Posted: 16 Jan 2023, 08:26
by Adam C
Cliff,

I went to a local classic aircraft restorer and he directed me to a local timber merchant he uses. The colombian pine wood is fantastic quality and wayyyy cheaper than the spruce model suppliers. No website though, you have to visit . I also noted a few very gifted LMA builders use pine for spars and longerons. Ply is a problem so may have to explore the use of alternatives . Interestingly when I did order some ply from SLEC some time ago , the backing board used to post them was 3mm proper ply and worth half as much as the stuff i ordered!
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I appreciate your take on building but I suspect thats not a view most builders would agree with given the choice .

Anyway back to ply sheeting the fuselage!!!