Great to see one of these again. This was my first DeAg partwork. (Never finished due to a house move)

But where on earth did you dig this up from??? I have been hunting for this for several years now but never seem to be able to find a complete set :(

Great work so far though, look forward to seeing it progess

Wow...Really nice build Shaun

Time for update 20.
Parts supplied with this issue are three 6x15x300mm balsa batons, two 6x100x225mm balsa sheets and cutting template.

First underside of the tail section of the fuselage is sanded and then 2mm sheets of balsa supplied in issue 18 and glued to this section. Theses are then trimmed and sanded. I will finish filling and sanding the fuselage just before I fit the heat shrink skin covering.


Next I used the template to mark and cut two lengths of balsa baton. These are then glued and left to dry.

Next one of the balsa sheets is cut into two 100x85mm pieces, these then have the corners notched to fit correctly over the template. These parts are then glued.

After this the second balsa sheet is cut into one 55x85mm piece and two 22x225mm piece. The 55x85mm piece is then glued into place and the two 22x225mm parts are used to help mark where to cut.

These lines are then cut and the two parts glued into place. Next the template is used to mark to lengths of 6x15mm balsa baton to be used for reinforcements, these are then glued into place using the template for the correct location.

Next I cut the template down to size and glued to the top of the horizontal stabiliser and then used to cut around.


The final step is to cut and glue six reinforcements into each of the corners.

That's finishes the horizontal stabiliser for now and is all for this update. Hope you are all enjoying my build as must as I am enjoying building it.

Regards Shaun

P.S. I am have had a bit of problem with my Mantau Titanic kit I was going to use for my build of the year. I few parts for the hull are broken. I am hoping to get replacement parts in a week or two at must. If I don't have them by the end of January I will probably use my 1/144 billing boat Titanic I received last year for free as my build.

Shaun

That looks like a very complex part of the build but your end result is very neat and tidy.

Very well done.

Another first class update Shaun... .. Really enjoying your build....

Regards

Alan

Hi Shaun,

That`s some update.



Very tidy work and a credit to your building skills.



Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Great work, all looking fab....

Regards

Alan

Thank you for your kind words in means a lot to me that you are all enjoying the build as much as I am.

Regards Shaun

Thanks Phil for your kind words

Update 22
In this issue I made the rudder and made reinforcements to the horizontal stabiliser.
This this issue I am supplied a sheet of 6x100x195mm balsa, 6x15x300mm balsa baton, cutting template and throttle control rod and tube.

The first step is to cut the balsa sheet into two 35x41mm, one 105x35mm and one 35x186mm piece.

Next the balsa baton is cut to length and one of the 41x35mm piece glued into place using the cutting template to insure correct alignment.

Next the other 41x35mm piece is glued into place.

And next the 35x186mm piece is glued into place.

The 105x35mm piece is next to be glued.

Two notches are now cut for the reinforcement part f shown on the cutting template. I made these cuts on my scroll saw.

Part f is then glued into place and the cutting template is glued to the rubber assembly. This is then cut out on the scroll saw.


The rudder is then sanded.

The two reinforcement for the stabiliser are then cut from the 12x20x300mm baton from issue 16 using the template in issue 20.


These are then glued and sanded.




This completes the issue 22. I had about 3 hours in this issue alone with around 30 hours in the hole build so far

Regards Shaun