March Building Tips
Adapted from Clay Ramskill...
Protect Fuel Lines in the Tank Compartment
A common modeler's question is ``how to protect fuel tank lines from the protruding bolts coming through the firewall from the engine mount''. One solution is to glue in a dowel where each bolt will go, and then just tap the dowel for the bolts. The dowels then cover up the bolts and protect the fuel lines.
Here's a solution that may be just a bit easier! Go ahead and mount the engine mount in your usual way, with blind nuts. The protruding bolt ends may be "padded" by slipping on a short piece of fuel tubing over each. Spiffy, huh?
Tagging Servo Plugs
Radio manufacturers used to give you a sheet of little tags to identify your servo plugs, so you'd know where to plug them into the receiver. Unfortunately, they don't any more.
This is very handy after you have just changed out a receiver, or had to remove it to get to the fuel tank. Instead of guessing which plug is which, you KNOW which, because you've tagged them!
If you have a computer, or are buddies with someone who does, make up a few ordinary mailing labels with the computer's label maker. Put the text in similar to the illustration, and then you can cut off each of the tags with scissors. Apply by wrapping around the servo wires near the plugs.