Great Planes F4 Phantom - GPMA0440 - Manual (Page 28)

4. Wet the outside of the sheet and wrap it around the 9. From the leftover 3/32" balsa sheet used for filler, cut
formers. Trim the edge of the sheet so that it comes to the
middle of the center stringer. Glue the sheet to the
stringers, formers and filler.
and glue turtle deck sheeting to fit from former F-4 to the
joint between C-2 and the fuse side. Sand the sheeting
flush with the top of C-1.
5. Glue the second sheet to the other side of the fuse
following the same procedure to complete the forward
turtle deck.
10. Lightly draw a centerline along the top of the fuse.
use the top center stringer locations at formers F-4 and F-9
for reference.
6. Sheet the rear turtledeck from the filler to former F-9.
7. After the turtle deck sheeting has dried, sand the fuse
sides to blend into the turtle deck sheeting from former F-5
to F-9. Do not blend the fuse sides into the turtle deck
sheeting in front of former F-5. Sand the ends of the turtle
deck sheeting flush with formers F-4 and F-9.
11. Temporarily pin the fin in place along the centerline
of the fuse. Carefully tack glue the 1 -1/4" x 1 -3/4" x 7" balsa
blocks to formers F-9 and the fuse sides. Do not glue the
blocks to the fin or F-10.
8. Finish cutting out the center portion of the die-cut 1/8"
plywood forward cockpit former (C-1) and the aft cockpit
former (C-2). Glue the cockpit formers centered on top of
the forward fuse side doublers. Bend the aft end of C-2
down and glue it to former F-4. The second set of cockpit
formers will be used later for the cockpit floor.
12. Remove the fin and finish gluing the blocks to the
fuse. Trim and sand the two blocks flush with the turtle deck
and former F-10.
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