Golden Era Model Service
High Quality Plan Sets for Radio Control Aircraft
36 inch 1940 Cleveland Playboy Senior
Joe Elgin 80 inch design

Second frame constructed on top of the first.  The unique shape of the Playboy fuselage is very nearly symmetrical in side view.  
Better to mark the tops of each one as you pull them off the board.  When you set them up to install the crossmembers
 check that the verticals are parallel to each other.  If they are not you either have one upside down or you did not build good!

Joining the side frames.  The tail is supported while the front bulkheads and crossmembers go together.  
As the work goes further back the tail is lowered so the fuselage rests on the table where you are working.

The pylon assembled and installed.  I doped on the fiberglass cloth on the sides of the pylon and under the platform for better rigidity.  The half bulkheads give easy
positive alignment.  The platform parts for both wing styles are included in the laser cut parts.  The differences are very subtle so match them up with the drawings
to identify and orient the parts,  I put saran wrap on the bottom of the wing and glued the platform together.  Then I set the wing with the platform rubber banded
to it on top of the pylon, which was already installed on the fuselage.  With the fuselage held level I squared the wing with the fuselage centerline and leveled the
wing by checking tip dimensions.  When all looked good I tacked the platform to the pylon, diassembled everything and final glued the pylon with it upside down.



 
Landing gear and radio installed, Kevlar lines installed and left extra long.  Space is very tight in the Playboy
 pylon models no matter the size, but in this one it really is at a premium.  Spektrum A2010 servos were used
 and the new AR6335 receiver.  One servo was mounted upright and the other inverted on the same ply plate.


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