Day two – building the Osbourne Platter

Following on from yesterday the glue dried overnight.

The edges of the platter and leading edge of the fin I squashed with a knife handle and filled with glue. The paper went a bit rippled, so maybe next time I won’t bother.

Just fixed on the fin and started the elevator. Slightly different to the original plans I used a couple of small plastic hinges, cut a slot in the foam and glued them in place with wood glue and a retaining cocktail stick.

The elevator edge which joins to the body I added a 45o chamfer top and bottom to prevent fouling.

Elevator hinges

Plane + Rudder

Yes I did wipe the excess glue off :-)

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