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Fuselage assembly snaps for your viewing pleasure

By Lester Haines, 16 Jul 2010
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With that done, we moved on to the floor of the fuselage...

Beginning construction of the floor of the fuselage

...and prepared to join it to the top:

The fuselage floor with vertical struts to support the top

What you can't see above or in the following snap are the guides to ensure the fuselage was square before glueing, but trust us - it is.

The fuselage top and bottom joined

We then attached the floor longitudinal struts to the rudder post...

Attaching the floor longitudinal struts to the rudder post

... and began to add some reinforcing structure:

Adding reinforcing struts

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