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Wings

The wing construction started from the wing root. The ventral side is used as a positioning guide as it has the wheel well openings that must be placed over the right locations. The entire wing is swept at a steeper angle than the internal supports warranted, so 2mm needed to be sliced off from the leading edge of the internal support structure.

Fillets at the wing root on the dorsal side is just a tiny bit too narrow and required some very aggressive persuasion to cover the white areas on the fuselage. This meant the outer edge of the wing root section does not sit where it should have belonged. But here it is easy to hide any mismatch using the joint between wing sections.

The outer portions are mostly free of fit issues. I closed the airbreaks as the support structure inside was not built to perfection and will be ugly if exposed.

In comparison, building the canards was an enjoyment. The only modification is closing off the inside surface of the canard, as they do not sit tightly around the nose and the inside area would be somewhat visible.

Parts for the vertical stabiliser comes as an entire piece between top and bottom halves. These do not follow the wing cross-section at all and had to be cut in half and constructed separately. Still, the end result though was much better than the construction technique warranted.

The propeller hub comes in two sections, which... did not match. Attempts to fix it left the entire piece pear-shaped......
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