hi all,thanks to cliff for posting the photos,as you can see the petrel build is now underway,l have chosen the AMT version,simply because it looks pretty!....cliffs cutting is excellent as usual,l am working on the fuz/tail/wing at the same time to speed things up a bit,l fitted hold down blocks to the wing jig as can be seen,the jig is set up for the port wing...it needs to be reversed for the starboard wing,l have chosen to use carbon sheet for the amt crank,together with carbon tubes and rod,purely personal preference,saves a couple of grams in the tail,there are no problems with the build,but there IS a lot of alignment to be checked,cliffs cutting does most of it but it cant do it all,
,something that isnt in the photos is the small support blocks l fitted to the top of the jig..l used these to support the lower main spar in conjunction with tie wraps to secure said spar to the jig to get the correct Gull curve... l suppose tape would work just as well.....l plan on doing monthly updates from here on,these will be mainly pictures,but if l come across anything untoward(
) l will of course explain(l pause here for the sceams of outrage to subside
)so,all well and enjoying the build,back at the end of the month!!
