wonwinglo

Sorry that we lost this tail ender during the move to a new server yesterday,here it is repeated for the benefit of those that missed it the first time around-

Grahame,dont know if you saw this picture from an early aeroplane manual ?,it shows some strut detail how they laminated the woodwork,it could prove useful to you.
Regarding the spruce,in this case it is not the model shops fault,all spruce supplies have dried up after a world wide shortage,the only limited material coming through is supplied to the full sized homebuilders and vintage aircraft restorers,Stika spruce in quantity only is obtainable from Aircraft Spruce and Speciality at a price.
Your undercarriage looks good,the choice of pine was a good substitute if a bit more open grain but it should varnish up well,if this post is in the way of the SE5A build then just say so and I will delete it.

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