Did this ever happen to you? Suddenly being able to easily do something that had always been a chore until a minute ago?
I had a revelation last afternoon. I had decided that I'd go ahead and make those goddamn Hurricane flaps that were the only obstacle remaining in the path to the spray booth, but cutting MANY tiny bits of plastic to the same size and shape, and glueing them at regular intervals, was beyond my ability. It was just a chance that the wing was lying onto the kit instructions, over the paint table.
You know, tables?... text arranged in rows and columns, separated by lines... Hmmm...
I glued the stringers to the flap, taped it onto suitably-spaced lines I had drawn with a ruler, and removed tiny bits of the stringer in the place where the reinforcing ribs would go. Then I glued previously cut triangular pieces of plastic card (also done with lines) and let it set. A couple hours later, a few passes with a nail file shaped the ribs to size. The only 'exact' measurement I took was when I drew the lines; everything else was done by rule of thumb. Hands-on time, less than 45 minutes. It's not perfect, but abides the three-feet-away rule. Perhaps it's the way everyone else always made it, but it was a breakthrough for me and now I'll be taking those half-finished P-39 and P-40 out of the box...
Ciao Bone