HOT tip, iron your edges

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HOT tip, iron your edges

While building my Flite Test Spitfire speedbuild kit I came up with a way to round off those undercut lasered edges.

I actually stumbled upon this method by accident. while gluing the top of the Spitfire's fuselage, my "B" style fold slipped and became an "A" style. I guess I could have used a Swedish helper.

In an attempt to soften the hot glue and fix the problem, I tried using an iron to heat the area and re-melt the glue. All I managed to do was melt the foam, but I discovered that I could shape it with the iron and that the paper stuck to the melted foam.

Keen observers will notice that I installed my horizontal stabilizer upside down.  Again, a handy Swede may have prevented that.

Here's the tail after painting.

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