Good morning. I’m pleased to say that the replacement tail skid/rudder post arrived from AL today. The procedure was very easy, I went onto their web site and found a heading ‘replacement parts’ I filled in a simple request form giving the part number, I even added a comment saying that it was my fault for the breakage. No questions were asked and it only took four days for the part to be delivered. I’d say that is pretty good service, well done AL.
Whilst I was waiting I built up the lower wings, they are now complete except for the rigging and ailerons. They were quite easy to make up and this time all the parts were a very good snug fit. My method was to dry assemble the ribs, get everything lined up correctly, secure, then put a drop of thin cyno on the joints, you can see it leach into the joint, this will have the benefit of also strengthening the surrounding area and is a very clean way of using cyno. I’ve used this method on my quarter scale RC models and never had a failed joint even during some of my pretty poor landings. I fitted the PE parts, wing tips, trailing edges, braces and rigging points and am happy with the result. I was very pleased to see that AL had included at least one spare of each type of rib, none have yet been needed but there inclusion is welcome.
I’ve also made up and attached the ammo feed trays to the dash, they will be fitted later as a unit, I’ve found that the detailing on the kit parts mostly very good and certainly to an acceptable level for a kit aimed to be relatively easy to build.
Replacement tail skid