Mk 11C Hurricane winter build

The fus keel and spine were made up and glued to former 4 and the lower formers glued,tail plane supports also added.
A center datum line was drawn on the building board,the formers were marked with a center line and then fus pinned down over the center line.The stern post was jigged up to keep it plumb.This is the most critical part of the fus build as there are a total of 50 stringers to be added and it would be very easy to build in mistakes.
I numbered each former 1-25 each side and started to cut and fit the stringers in pairs starting from the top and glued in place with med cyano and kicker as i wanted an instant bond ,checking all the time that every thing was nice and straight and plumb.Once all the stringers were in i gave the fus a tidy up with the razor plane and a quick sand down.
Will post up pic's shortly

Pete

Pictures:

Ok then chap's onto the tail plane.This is built upside down so to give slight dihedral also the hurricane had a fabric covered tail plane so after it had been sheeted you will see i have added 1/16 capping pieces to give the impression of an open structure

I need to have a tidy up

Elevators next,very simple construction 3/16 core with riblets glued top and bottom 3/8 leading edge and soft 1/2 for the tips.Carve to shape with balsa plane and then a good sand job done add trim tab detail

Trial fit of the tailplane and fin





General pics

More pics

So after just over 100 hours that is where the hurri stands at the moment.Not much going to happen till after xmas as i have bought my grandson his first hornby train set and will be making a layout for it to go on .

Stay tuned
Pete

Looking good Pete, would have taken me years to get that far :whistle:

Great stuff Pete. Watching on in anticipation.....