
Any suggestions on my turtle deck
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Any suggestions on my turtle deck
As you can tell, I'm off my six month break.
I've laid out the turtle deck. The outboard pieces seem to be higher than the inner pieces. I have some photos here and maybe you can see if I'm doing anything wrong or see a problem. I'm not sure how those outer pieces should be positioned. I don't have the back support there yet. The third photo makes it appear the piece is further back than the other's, but that's just some optical illusion; they all line up Thank you!

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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck
looks good to me. this is a place for a little adjustment and variation.
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck
Thanks for the photo. Always helps to see what other builders are doing.
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck
I'd try to pull the tail ends together more to get the stringers to follow the shape of the fuselage.
I also have my stringers angled toward a common center spot in the arc of the formers.
Here are a couple of in-progress pics from when I was working on mine.
I also have my stringers angled toward a common center spot in the arc of the formers.
Here are a couple of in-progress pics from when I was working on mine.
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck
Thanks Doug! Thanks Earl! Some builders seem to wrap a thin piece of wood over those pieces at the back. Is that 1/16" that has been steamed?
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck
That’s what I used