Do you wrap silkspan over wing and elevator joint or do you use a separate piece

[paulwells66]

Do you wrap silkspan over wing and elevator joint or do you use a separate piece or do you put nothing at all im the joint?

[john e. holliday]

Another question in which you can get as many answers as there are modelers.  Through the years I have done it many ways.  A lot depends on the design.  On full fuselage designs I have even laid fibre glass and resin in side the fuselage extending up on the sides over the joint.  Usually the leading and trailing edge have a joint.  Take a little time and go read through the construction articles of planes.   I-beam wings usually don't have a center section joint  also take apart planes.

[paulwells66]

just a combat streak where the wing to fuse joint is not perfect..a few little gaps.don't like using filler. thought I would either a) wrap a small piece of silkspan all the way around the joint or b) wrap the piece covering the fuselage side into the seam

[john e. holliday]

If you have gaps between wing and fuselage, cut and sand pieces to glue into the joint.  Back in the day I remember kits telling me to lay a strip of cloth along the wing/fuselage joint.  I learned to do it inside the fuse before putting top and bottom sheeting on.  It all takes practice and thought.  It is all called a learning curve.  When I myself stop learning is when I go into the incenterator.

[paulwells66]

If you have gaps between wing and fuselage, cut and sand pieces to glue into the joint.  Back in the day I remember kits telling me to lay a strip of cloth along the wing/fuselage joint.  I learned to do it inside the fuse before putting top and bottom sheeting on.  It all takes practice and thought.  It is all called a learning curve.  When I myself stop learning is when I go into the incenterator.

I was thinking the same thing as I glued the wing..."boy I should have waited to sheet the top of the fuselage regardless of what the plans say

[paulwells66]

Am I confused? You asked about wing and elevator, I assumed you meant stab and elevator. If stab/elevator my answer stands. If wing and fuselage, not sure what you are talking about. Any holes in the wing to fuselage joint, I fill with appropriate size balsa.

talking about both...and referring to using silkspan to make the seam clean and a smooth transition. like a fillet