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Hey everyone, just thought I would post my latest build pics and update a thread here.  I have been slowly working on this for over a year, learning a lot the hard way.  I've spent more time learning woodworking and updating my shop than churning out Max bits.   Previous to this, I made a cutting error in the hinges that caused me to backtrack and lose motivation.  Now that other more pressing projects are out of the way I put in some time to refit my shop for the next steps and get back to work.

https://imgur.com/gallery/0NWPMuC

DavenportAndrew, welcome aboard!
Nice shop you have there,  but you're going to need a much longer table for the fuselage and wings!
Are you using staples to fix the gluing?

Quoted from Ricardo DavenportAndrew, welcome aboard!
Nice shop you have there,  but you're going to need a much longer table for the fuselage and wings!
Are you using staples to fix the gluing?

I bought two thick tops to make a 16' table, one side I will use for making the horizontal stab and then flip it over to use the unblemished side for the fuse and wings.  For now I just screwed them together on one table until I need to make room for the larger set up, hopefully I have enough work to get me though the winter.  I used standard t21 staples on these parts but I do not like how they performed and read that the t30 should work better and leave less damage.

I have nearly finished up the vertical stabilizer and rudder.  I spent somewhere in the range of 40 hours over many many months screwing up and reworking these parts, but now I feel like I have learned quite a lot and I have been able to churn out the remaining parts very quickly.  I have messed up a lot of expensive spruce but I wouldn't trade it back.  On to the horizontal stabilizer and elevator, then either the fuselage or ribs, depending on mood.

Progress as of last week:
http://imgur.com/gallery/xLF7dLi

I feel your pain ... I am working on my empennage now as well. Stabilizers pretty straight-forward, but rudder and elevator require slow, methodical patience for me. Its all doable. We'll get there .