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Make Straight Trailing Edges: Tips from the master’s workbench

I often see an otherwise fine-looking scale model degraded by a poor trailing-edge construction technique. All but a very few specially designed aircraft have sharp trailing edges on all their flying surfaces. For my scale models, I always strive to make the trailing edge sharp, straight, and durable. The technique I use is not difficult and I use it for all my trailing-edge, wing, and tail surface treatments. Some may say thick, rounded trailing edges...

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