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Balsa wood info and tips.
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Links:
- Buying Balsa
- Ted Horne provides a short rundown on the history of balsa and selection of planks, taking into consideration grain and weight.
- Balsa Wood Road Map
- Overview of balsa.
- The E Zone: Planking Compound Curves -- by Jim Young
- There are a few tricks to planking and it does require a bit of patience. Here is one way of getting the jobs done easily and quickly.
- Specialized Balsa Wood, LLC
- Balsa wood supplier
- "The definitive guide to using Balsa"
- A series of excellent articles on using balsa, written by Paul Daniels.
- Mike's flying scale model pages
- Writeup of how to build a lightweight scale model. Some good tips here.
- BalsaBuilder – The Model Builder's Publication
- Magazine with specific info for balsa builders.