Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 50)

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8.
Use a ballpoint pen to mar
k the edges of the cabin
fr
ame an
ywhere it needs to be tr
immed to align with the
fuselage side str
inger
.Remo
ve
the cabin fr
ame
, tr
im the
edges
, refit and mar
k and tr
im again as necessar
y until
the sides of the cabin fr
ame are e
ven with the side
str
inger all the w
a
y do
wn both sides
.
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9.
Mak
e
spacer
s
for the die-cut 1/8" [3.2mm]
plyw
ood
cabin top f
ormer
s F2C
and
F6C
from thin
cardstoc
k or doub
le la
y
ers of a manila f
older—
appro
ximately .020" [.5mm] is the desired thic
kness
.
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10.
Use 3M 75 Repositionab
le spr
a
y
adhesiv
e or
something similar to adhere the spacers to the bac
k
of F6C and to the front of F2C
.T
est fit, then clamp the
fo
rmers to the fuselage as sho
wn.
Use medium CA
to glue the cabin top f
o
rmers to the cabin top only
.
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11.
Use cur
v
ed-tip plastic-cutting scissors to tr
im
the cabin top along the molded in cutlines
.
S
tar
t first
b
y
rough-cutting the cabin top appro
ximately 3/16"
[4.8mm] from the cutlines
.
Then cut on the outside
edge of the cutlines to lea
v
e
enough mater
ial f
or fine-
tuning b
y
sanding.
Note:
Whene
v
er cutting plastic
par
ts
, alw
a
ys cut them slightly o
v
ersiz
e
.
Then the
y
can be custom-fit b
y
sanding with a bar sander
.
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12.
T
est fit the cabin top to the fuselage o
ver the cabin
fr
ame
.Use a bar sander with 80-g
rit sandpaper to sand
the edges of the cabin top where
ver necessar
y to get a
good fit all the w
a
y around.
Proceed
slo
wl
y
and
carefull
y
to get a nice fit.
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