Installing The Fuselage Strut Clips - Model Airways CURTISS JN-4D JENNY Instruction Manual

for the copper fake tubing to be added later.
Glue the panel on top of the longerons just aft
of the Station 4 horizontal strut in the loca-
tion shown on the plan. Add a small chock at
each longeron to help support the panel in a
vertical position
(Figure 3-15)
Rear cockpit instrument panel:
instrument panel former (F2) is also laser-
cut. Fit the britannia cast instruments: Oil
pressure gauge (E1), Altimeter (E2), Ignition
switch (E3), Airspeed indicator (E4), Tacho-
meter (E5), and Water temperature gauge
(E6). Drill a hole beforehand in the back of E1
and E6 for the copper wire fake tubing to be
added later. Glue the panel in place just aft of
the Station 5 horizontal strut in the location
shown on the plan and add a chock similar to
the forward panel
(Figure 3-16)
The kit does not include any faces for the
Note:
various instruments. You could paint the faces,
or make your own decals. Cover with a clear
plastic or clear varnish to represent glass. Or,
omit the faces altogether; your choice.
Shelf behind the rear cockpit:
using 1/32"-thick wood. The shelf extends
from the horizontal strut behind the cockpit
back to the turtleback former. Locate the
shelf between and at the bottom of the upper
longerons. The shelf often contained a small
fire extinguisher. The shelf is shown on the
top longeron plan on Sheet 3.

11. Installing the Fuselage Strut Clips

The cross brace rigging eyes have already
been installed for the vertical and horizontal
struts at Stations 6 through 11. As a final
touch for these joints, add the photo-etched
copper clips (F13) on the longerons. Bend
each clip over or under the longerons as
required . On the real aircraft,
(Figure 3-17)
these clips are actually a bolting clip for the
struts. For the model, these are just fake clips
for added detail.
The ends of the vertical struts at Station 2
through 5 require some special clips (F16
through F21). These clips secure the struts to
the longerons and contain rigging eyes for the
side cross brace wires. The lower clips at Station
4 and 5 also have eyes for wing flying wires.
The clips at Stations 2 through 5 on the real
aircraft are actually a U-shaped clip, so the clip
is the same on both sides of the longerons.
However, for the model these are designed to
be installed only on the outside, where they
can be seen. Glue the clips in place and bend
the tabs around the struts for added support.
They might fall off while rigging if only glue is
used. The tabs on the upper clips at Stations 4
and 5 form a socket for the lower ends of the
center section wing struts.
At Station 2, the upper strut clips bend over a
horizontal 1/16" square strut. The front of
this strut will be secured to a bracket on the
radiator when it is installed.
Note that the lower fitting at Stations 4 and 5
is saddled over the holes in the fuselage for
the lower wing fake hinges pins. To accurately
locate the fittings, use the completed wing
hinge pins as a guide.
.
The aft
1/16" X 1/8" SIDE RAIL
.
Add the shelf
SUPPORT
CHOCK
LONGERON
SUPPORT
CHOCK
LONGERON
FIG. 3-14 INSTALLING SEAT RAILS
1/16" SQUARE VERTICAL
SUPPORT
STATION 4
FIG. 3-15 FORWARD INSTRUMENT PANEL
ALTIMETER E2
FIG. 3-16 REAR INSTRUMENT PANEL
SWITCH
WATER TEMP
E3
TACH E5
E6
20
STATION 5
LASER-CUT F1
DRILL HOLE IN BACK OF E1
FOR COPPER WIRE FAKE
TUBING (SEE PLAN SHEET 5)
OIL PRESSURE E1
LASER-CUT F2 DRILL HOLE IN BACK OF E1
AND E6 FOR COPPER
WIRE FAKE TUBING
(SEE PLAN SHEET 5)
OIL PRESSURE E1
ALTIMETER E2
STATION 6
MAP CASE –
MAKE FROM
STRIPWOOD
DOOR
WITH
HINGES
AND KNOB
AIR SPEED E4