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Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:17 pm
by PoconoJohn
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!

Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:44 pm
by doug bryant
looks good to me. this is a place for a little adjustment and variation.

Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:06 pm
by PoconoJohn
Thanks for the photo. Always helps to see what other builders are doing.

Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:45 am
by doug bryant
here is better view

Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:07 pm
by Earl Brown
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.
IMG_1938.jpg
IMG_1939.jpg

Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:36 pm
by PoconoJohn
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?

Re: Any suggestions on my turtle deck

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:18 pm
by Earl Brown
That’s what I used