Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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PoconoJohn
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Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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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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doug bryant
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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looks good to me. this is a place for a little adjustment and variation.
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PoconoJohn
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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Thanks for the photo. Always helps to see what other builders are doing.
doug bryant
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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here is better view
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Earl Brown
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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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.
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PoconoJohn
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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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?
Earl Brown
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Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

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That’s what I used
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