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finished up the spokes last night. The size indicated by the overlap line on the spoke parts gives you an end result that is slightly too large to get a good fit. After the first go around with the first 8 spokes, I rolled the rest a little smaller. The Q-tip stick gave me a good diameter spoke to use when rolled tightly on it.
Then, after the second set of spokes were assembled with Aleene's PVA, I switched to Loctite Gel CA glue to give a faster set time.
Tolerances are so tight on this model so far that the outer ends of the spokes CANNOT stick out past the jig pattern diameter. I have had to trim a few ends to improve fit into the wheels (which will be the subject of my next post).
on a side note: there are four wheel assemblies required two front and two rear, however there are parts for six assemblies (three each). In addition, an extra set of spoke parts are provided. This is a nice surprise!
greg
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In dry dock: ? In factory: CWS T-1. In hanger: Fokker triplanes? under construction: ? 
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