Rebuild of E-flite "diamante 25e

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7 years 1 month ago #12371 by 4Pedalsfly

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Wing centre section tackled first.
Whole damaged section removed, new ribs made, jigged
to ensure new leading edges all lined up.
Finally all resheeted - now onto the Fuselage jigsaw puzzle.
Thanks to Brian for the offer of hi building jig but my approach to the
fuselage is somewhat unconventional.
Colin

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7 years 1 month ago #12375 by Brian

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Looking good Colin. All you need now will be lots of bars of Cadbury's chocolate to get enough matching covering for the wing.

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7 years 4 weeks ago #12439 by 4Pedalsfly

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Work now started on the fuselage rebuild, I decided to repair the damaged rear section first and then build
a completely new front end. The two sections to be butt jointed together with reinforcing pieces cut in later.
Here are the pics of the rear section repair.
Colin.

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7 years 4 weeks ago #12448 by AlanF

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Nice work Colin. When you see damage like this:

You think game over
It's good to see what can be achieved with a little care.

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7 years 1 week ago #12604 by 4Pedalsfly

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Now onto the fuselage front section, this was badly damaged the best option was to make a new set of parts.
Shattered formers and other components were tacked together with cyno to provide templates.
The assembly sequence is shown in the attached pics.
Next stage will be to add motor box, cross sheeting and undercarriage reinforcement.
Four pics here ( max allowed ) last two in next message.

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