Sparky 2X Speed 400

[Konrad]

That's coming on well Konrad.

I agree with your comments on the use of masking tape and sanding bars.

Masking tape must be the unsung hero of the modeller's tools. masking for paint or sanding as you are doing here, temporary support and jigs, surface for adding alignment marks etc.

I also use as sanding bar or trammel sander a lot. Sanding bars are particularly useful when working on straight tapered wings or geodetic - angled ribs. I use finished ribs at the root and tip and blanks in between. Tape over the root and tip ribs provides protection while trammel sanding the blanks to shape using the sanding bar riding on the root and tip ribs.

John

That is becoming a lost art, being able to loft the intermediate ribs between the tip and root ribs.