Originally Posted by
gregbond77
Build Tips Se5a
1. clean off all flash.
2. paint interior of cockpit.
3. make sure cowling fits into fuselage(hold halves together with fingers) it is easier to file and sand while in two halves.
4. glue fuselage together.
5. glue lower wing to fuselage, very important step get it set up straight!
6. Sand down tabs of struts so they fit loosely in hole of wing. I hold struts between two erasers with only tabs sticking out file gently. Or you can drill holes in wing larger. Your call.
7. Primer everything. For small parts put tape on a long toothpick(or other stick) wrap once then reverse so sticky side is on outside. this will hold small parts so they don't fly away. Of course you can only do one side at a time.
8. paint underside of top wing and struts(you may want to remove the bottom stringer from the struts as this will clean up the model, but leave the top stringer on as this will make putting on the struts much easier).
9. glue struts to top wing make sure wings line up.
10. fill in holes in top wing where strut tabs poke through. Do the four holes for cabine struts as well.
11. paint fuselage and bottom wing, and top wing. Put on decals?
12. glue top wing on.
13. glue cabine struts to wing and fuselage. I turn the model upside down for this step.
14. glue coweling on.
15. under carriage, use white glue to glue axel and struts together place on model(it should still be upside down) to get it straight, let dry. This holds the three parts together and makes final assembly really easy.
16. glue under carriage struts to fuselage.
17. glue wheels to axel.
18. glue prop to cowling.
19. send vodka to Washington Squadron Commander.
20. I did this from memory, so any questions let me know. I hope I did not leave any thing out.
21. Just remembered don't forget to glue on tail units at some point, like before you do the under carriage. And paint the red white and blue stripes on the rudder before you glue on the tail units.
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