John Ward and I agreed to build this model. John will build it in the conventional way like original- balsa, ply, silkspan, glow engine ( maybe spark ignition). I decided to build Checkala Roma electric, and make it from foam, and cover it in the silkspan and white glue. It was the first week of August, and I was thinking to finish the model to participate in OTS during Bob Hunt’s Snow flakes event in the first weekend of October. It’s faster to build model from foam. John printed the plans and presented it to me on August 2nd . Thanks, John, now I owe you!))
I decided to make a wing first. I have enough white stucco foam size 3x24x36 inch.
All templates I made from .008 in sheet aluminum. It’s easy to cut and it works. Remember- I want to build as fast as possible to see how it will fly. And appearance was secondary issue.
Usually I trace the plan to the printing paper, adhere the contour to the folder or cereal box, cut it out, trace to aluminum, and usually it’s more accurate templates- left and right.
Jerry