Here's a little bit of an update. The first photo shows the fuselage and wing parts dry-fitted in Rowan's jig to see whether or not I'm actually in the ballpark. Seems all right: the thin white interwing thingie is a length of plastic rod cut to the length of the struts.It seems to be sitting nicely in place, no distortion to the wing orientation and with a not too shabby backward stagger:
So we move on to the next stage: here is the lower wing formally fitted in place today courtesy of thin brass rod (two pins at the spar locations) and a generous film of 5-minute epoxy on the inside edge of the wing parts:
Now, I was going to post a photo showing the fuselage and lower wing standing clear of the jig. But I can't get Dolph out of the jig without removing part "A," which holds the nose of the a/c. So it looks as if Dolph will stay where he is while the upper wing surgery gets performed. Once that's done, I'll essentially cut him free.
So my next task is to cut the struts out, paint and finish them, attach them to the upper wing, inner struts first (metal), then fit the upper wing, then spring the outer struts (plastic) into place.
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