F-14 Tomcat Tail Section

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Starting to construct the taileron boxes. I built, tabbed, interlocking ply pieces that contoured to the shape of the rear of the plane.

Here is the first one, glued into place with a test servo in there. I ultimately went with larger servos than this, but it was a good test fit.

Here they are all mounted. I have some real control surfaces finally.

Time to mount the fans, and tailcones. Look at those nice, pink foam tailcones covered in light glass. I turned them on a drill-press and used a piece of 80 grit sandpaper to shape them.

Mounted the rudder servos and the control rod tubes, as well as the pneumatic air tank for the retracts.

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