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TLGriff:
Nice job on the Shoestring. That was the first plane that I ever built, a Carl Goldberg U-control With a McCoy .35 engine.  :dremel:

I do a lot of electric flying now and use a foam building technique for semi-scale models that is a lot like building with balsa. The fuselage is built using formers and sheeted with 1/4" fan-fold foam insulation. I've found that it can be coaxed over a form by heating it with a hair dryer and rubbing it with a stick. The wings are just one layer of the fan fold stuff formed into an airfoil. The last plane I built using this technique was a Gee Bee Model D Sportster.  I haven't flown it yet, but it looks pretty good. Maybe I'll snap some pics and start a thread on it.

What did you use to fill and paint the foam? I was thinking trying that light weight spackling like Red Devil makes. I need something to fill the leading and trailing edges of the wing and tail surfaces and fillet around the struts.

Tom

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