UH-18: Tack Strip

Putting tack strip on the sides and bottom. This was probably not the easiest way to do it. I think vacuum bagging would be easier and maybe better too.

The landing skids are not standard, nor is the bottom tack strip. I got the wild hair to shape them so they wouldn't get knocked off, and here in the larger images you can see what sort of shape I used. It's all tapered every direction, and then the tack strip is too.

Pre-screw the strips so they're ready to stick in. The screws are just put in flush so when you screw them into the foam they don't tear a bigger hole in the foam. you need every bit of help you can get.

At this point I don't remember if we started on the back or the front. It was Marquis, Bill and me doing this, and there were no spare hands during the process.

The parts the string cuts into are hot wired off anyway. There is no destruction of material that is used in the craft.

This is what it takes to keep the wood together until the epoxy dries.

	The landing skids are not standard, nor is the bottom tack strip. I got the wild hair to shape them so they wouldn't get knocked off, and here in the larger images you can see what sort of shape I used. It's all tapered every direction, and then the tack strip is too.
	Pre-screw the strips so they're ready to stick in. The screws are just put in flush so when you screw them into the foam they don't tear a bigger hole in the foam. you need every bit of help you can get.
	At this point I don't remember if we started on the back or the front. It was Marquis, Bill and me doing this, and there were no spare hands during the process.
	The parts the string cuts into are hot wired off anyway. There is no destruction of material that is used in the craft.
	This is what it takes to keep the wood together until the epoxy dries.