Things have been a bit slow this week. I found the rattle in the wing was caused by a piece of 1/4" square balsa, that would excuse my not seeing it when I sheeted the wing, and explained why, what I'd thought to be a building pin, didn't respond when a magnet was placed near the rattling bit.
On Monday, my shed was targeted by some enthusiastic bees, after I'd shooed out at least five, all of which seemed to be quite agitated about something, I shut the door and found something else to do. In this case it was to get out the Moonglow plan and start making a list of things to get.
The Kadet has now got a "front end". I added some tissue/glue laminations to the existing cowling shell, this stiffened it up quite a bit. Today after a quick sanding down, the fitting went ahead with almost no problem. Apart from one! I should have taken more care in measuring the length. As designed, the cowling overlaps the front bulkhead by 1/4", so I got that bit back to front and instead of adding 1/4" to the overall length, I subtracted it. I didn't realise what I'd done until I had an unacceptable gap between the nose ring and the back of the spinner. I added extra balsa round the front of the bulkhead, that enabled the cowling to be moved forward, the gap is now about 1/8" ( I'll not give the approximate gap in mm because this is a model that is not only pre-decimal, its also American).
No bees today thank goodness, discovered that my neighbour opposite had a swarm clinging to a tree in his garden, quite a sight. However, there's no more building today, there's a person in the garden requiring assistance with various horticultural problems, not that I'm an expert, I just do what I'm asked(told).
The cowling needs a little more filling here and there, then several coats of primer/undercoat.