What with the trips to Arizona and then retreiving kids, pluss taking them to Church Camp I managed to get some work done on the planes. Put several more coats of dope on every thing before covering. Poly-span is on the P-47 wing, flaps and tail surfaces. No hinges in the weight calculations yet. With four coats of dope after shrinking the covering, weight is 12.8 ounces. Flaps with poly-span and four more coats of dope, 1.8 ounces. Stab/elevator is 2.6 ounces. Had to take a known weight and check the postals scales as it didn't look right.
The ISW wing, stab and elevator are covered with Poly-ester material from the sewing store. Weight as it is in the picture is 15 ounces even. Have cut out for the pilot and hollowed the forward blocks. Need to make fuel tank and cut nose block to clear the old Fox. More later.
As you can see the demented poodle likes it so far. She is getting used to the dope fumes. jeh