Got a fair amount done today. Glued in the spar, cleaned up the verticals and glued the bottom pieces on:
I finally tried sanding and was pleasantly surprised how well depron can be shaped. Not quite as nice as balsa but it's pretty easy to correct mistakes. I also built a inexpensive hot wire cutter! I gave it a go on another trial bulkhead. I like it, better than cutting for curves in my opinion although cutting is better for straight edges; especially if they're long. Below is the two trial bulkheads glued together:
Both sides had the outer edges finished by sanding. The one on the left was cut with the hot wire cutter, the right with a xacto. I rushed cutting out the hole but otherwise both look nearly identical. One point that should be made is that my knife work was quite above my usual standard and the hot wire was faster for less mistakes so I foresee many a pieces cut with the hotwire for the larger model.
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