Haven’t done this in a while !
Having had the repaired wing back for a few weeks I have had time to replace aileron mounts, prep the bare wood (repaired) sections and add new rear strut support mounts, it was time to remove the wing (Port Upper) and drive it home.
Safely in the garage, I could finish off the material landing plates where the glue had eased out and present some new Cub Yellow Oratex up to mark up the undersurface of the material where Oratex glue needed to go.
The first time i did this (some 7+ years ago) I overmarked the underside and the marks showed through in parts. This time I used feint marks with a chinagraph lead so as not to make too much of an impression.
The underside of the upper wings have 2 large (removable) inspection panels so I’m changing from using a full length piece of material (root to tip) as its quite wasteful.
Instead, I’m terminating at the panel where the rigging cables and strut fixing plates are.
This saves quite a bit of material as well as making the size of the material you are working with more manageable and less like a slippery eel !
I usually leave the hotmelt glue to go off overnight although I know you can use a heat gun to accelerate the drying.
Jersey Sherwood Ranger 
Leave a comment