Section 1-Preparing Fuselage - QuiQue's Aircraft YAK-54 Assembly Manual

Required Tools and Adhesive
• Xacto knife, #11 Blade
• Trim Iron
Step 1
Use an Xacto knife with a # 11 blade
and cut away the film covering on
both sides of the fuselage for the
wing openings, Figure 1.
Some modelers may want to overlap
the film covering down inside the
fuse in the opening for the wing. For
example this type of an opening for
the wing may be done as follows.
Simply cut the film about 1/8 of an
inch to the inside of the opening for
the wing. You may then bend this
extra 1/8 inch flap of film over ninety
degrees to the inside of the fuse
opening and iron it to the edge of the
balsa sheeting over the foam. Use
the trim iron for this application. Do
not touch the foam (bead board) with
your trim iron. Watch how much
heat you use here as too much will
melt the foam.
Figure 1

Section 1-Preparing Fuselage

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