I recently came into posession of an old large format HP plotter which just happens to print "D sized" sheets which are roughly the same 20"X30" dimensions as DTFB. Seemed like a match made in heaven...but when I started printing FT plans I quickly discovered that the stock plan layouts are considerably larger than a standard piece of foamboard even if the individual plane pieces aren't.
In the past I used to open FT plans in photoshop and modify them so minimize paper use and the number of seams when I was printing to standard letter sized paper since I hate taping and dislike having a seam in the middle of a piece which will fit on a single sheet of paper. So based on that experience I've started re-organizing the FT plans to fit onto 20x30 sheets and try to minimize both paper and foamboard waste.
This is my version of David's outstanding Viggen plans with the parts re-organized to fit onto 4 20x30 sheets instead of on one huge long printout. If you have access to a large format printer (check craigs list these things turn up free or cheap from time to time!) these could help you save paper and tape!
Please let me know if you find these useful and I'll continue to share similar modified versions of other FT plans!
And if you find any errors I made in the translation please let me know as well so I can correct them. It will be a few more months before I can swing an EDF financially so while I've started cutting pieces for my own Viggen I haven't finished building one from these modified plans yet.
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