User Instructions

5. Going back to the middle, work the
iron in a zig-zag pattern. Move the iron
back-and-forth while gliding it toward the
leading edge, pulling the  lm to keep it
under tension—you’re simultaneously
stretching the  lm while it is trying to
shrink, thus laying it down tight. If working
with an open-structure wing, skip the
zig-zag procedure, but apply tension and
bond the covering directly to the leading
edge, and then to the trailing edge.
6. Now move the iron over to the next spot and perform the same
procedure, pulling the  lm while moving the iron back-and-fourth in a
zig-zag pattern working toward the leading edge.
7. Perform the zig-zag technique to bond the covering from the
middle of the wing all the way toward the trailing edge.
NOTE: If, as you proceed, you continuously notice air bubbles
or “blisters” that appear in the covering on top of the wood,
you can go back over the spot with more pressure on the iron
to force the blisters out. If they won’t go away try a little less
heat. Over areas of the model that may be hardened with glue,
there is no way for expanding air to dissolve back into the
wood. In these areas, the only remedy may be to poke tiny vent
holes in the covering with the tip of a #11 blade.
8. The wing tips will be  nished later, but for now, pull the covering
and bond it around the tip just enough to detect the tip’s outline. Final,
complete wrapping of the tip will be done later.
Let’s start trimming, sealing and closing up loose edges so it will be
easier to handle the wing for working on the wing tip later…