Guillows Kit 903 Chipmunk Build

[regular guy]

Kit is on it's way to us.

Also getting a Kit 503 Hellcat for the booklet. It looks harder to build than the Chipmunk.

The Chipmunk is a sheet balsa model and it looks simpler to build than the 'paper umbrella' type.

Pretty excited about the little Chipmunk kit!

Note:Just noticed the other day Guillows 900 say 'Indoor flyers' so they sound like place to start.

[regular guy]

Anybody have some tips on gluing the tail of these sheet balsa kits?

Do you just glue the first 1/8" with really strong glue?

I ask because after that you spread two halves apart and stick formers in.

Seems like it would put a lot of load on the glue joint in tail.

[1778ppr]

I used Elmer’s white glue on my Skyraider and it held just fine. 1/16” to 1/8” should work just fine for gluing your fuselage sides together at the tail. I would not go more than 1/8” wide strip of glue. Make sure both halves are the same dimensions. Sand the profile as needed. Put a thin layer of glue on both halves not more than an 1/8” wide. Let this almost dry. Repeat and put parts together making sure they are perfectly aligned in all directions. Pin down and let dry for a day. It worked for me.
John

[kittyfritters]

The miniature Scuncii hair clips make good clamps for model work.

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They would work fine at the back of the sheet fuselage.

Howard

[regular guy]

Thank you for all the tips!

Chipmunk and Hellcat were delivered today.

Looking through them sent me scurrying back to Goldwing kit which we already have.

Starting a build post for Goldwing build.

So people can find it searching Goldwing instead of continuing on with Goldwing in this Chipmunk post.

[regular guy]

Opened up the box and took a look at everything.

Will save my questions for we're preparing to actually build it.

It's interesting.That's for sure.

Convinced me starting out with the Goldwing/Trainer is the right thing to do.