Great Planes F4 Phantom - GPMA0440 - Manual (Page 35)

12. Enlarge the holes in the belly pan to 1/2". Reattach
We highly recommend that all plastic joints and screw
holes be strengthened with fiberglass cloth and thin CA on
the inside of the joint.
the wing to the fuse. Cut the 1/2" diameter paper tube in
half and slide the halves into the bolt holes, pushing the
tube over the head of the bolts. The holes may need to be
enlarged slightly to allow the tubes to slide in.
13. Carefully glue the paper tube to the belly pan with
thick CA. Be careful and use only a couple of drops of
CA to prevent gluing the wing bolts in place.
14. Remove the wing bolts and finish gluing the tube to
the belly pan and wing bolt plate. Cut off the excess tube
and sand it flush with the belly pan.
Skip to ASSEMBLE THE PLASTIC PARTS if retracts are
not used.
1. Carefully cut the wheel well opening in the belly pan
1. Trim the plastic nacelles along the embossed cut
lines. You can use a hobby knife to carefully score along
the cut lines and flex the plastic until the excess breaks
free, or use small scissors to cut along the cut line. Kyosho
curved Lexan scissors (KYOR1010) work extremely well.
Test fit the nacelles to the side of the model. The top of the
nacelles fit in the groove between the fuse sides and
turtledeck. When satisfied with the fit, tape the nacelles to
the fuselage.
15. Harden the paper tubes by soaking them with thin CA.
1/16" larger than the wheel well in the wing. A Dremel' tool
with a sanding drum works great for this.
2. Cut out a wheel well liner from a leftover piece of
1/16" balsa wing sheeting. Wet the liner and glue it to the
belly pan and the bottom wing sheeting.
3. Sand the wheel well liners flush with the belly pan.
2. Trim the plastic inlets along the embossed cut lines.
Fit the inlets on the front of the nacelles and against the
fuse sides. When satisfied with the fit, sand the inside edge
of the inlets and the lip on the nacelles and glue them
together with thin CA.
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