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| The fuselage design is for the early (1939-1943) IL-2M aircraft.
The fuselage construction is fully detailed on full size 1:1 scale CAD drawings.
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| This aircraft has a fairly large stablizer. To save weight the construction is
a 3-layer sandwich. The outer layers are 1/32" sheeting while the internal structure is an assembly
of 1/16" balsa parts. This provides a strong structure yet saves the weight of using a single 1/8" thick piece.
This photo above shows the internal skeleton parts of the horizontal stabilizer, elevators and the vertical stabilizer as they
come out of the laser cut parts sheets. |
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| Assemble the parts over the plan using thin Ca glue. I place a piece of wax paper over the
plan to minimize the stickiness of excess glue. The parts are all designed to interlock so alignment is easy.
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| This photo shows the completed internal structure and the laser cut 1/32" sheeting. |
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| With the lower sheeting flat on the building board glue the internal skeleton to the lower sheet.
I use thick Ca glue for this as it allows a little time for ajusting the alingment. |
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| A closeup detail of the center part of the elevator assembly which carries the elevator actuator wire
going through a brass tube/bearing. Install temporary Ca hinges in the elevators and test fit to the main part of
the horizontal stab. |
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| Sand the leading and trailing edges to a rounded shape. The stabilizer is complete at this point. If
you are going to do a fiberlass and paint finish on the model I suggest that you do the fiberlassing of these parts
before they are glued to the fuselage. |
