I hadn’t worked on the Tiger Moth for several weeks and was getting antsy. But on Sunday afternoon I made it back out to Camarillo airport to continue working on attaching the wing tip bow, but when I looked closely at my previous work – arrrrhhh…!

I had carefully epoxy’d it to those triangular pieces off the main and rear spars, used bungee cords and clamps to secure it tightly, but…

when I got out there Sunday and took a hard look, something obviously had slipped a bit.

Off just a bit!

I wasn’t a happy camper. But that’s why they invented heat guns.

This heat gun has come in handy many times...!

Slowly and carefully, I heated up the epoxy joints and pulled the wing tip bow off those triangular pieces.

After using the heat gun.

Finally, I tried it again.

Second time the charm?

Because I’d flipped the wing over to re-epoxy the wing tip bow, I used my extra epoxy to finish epoxying a couple of false ribs at the root end of the wing.

Notice the bungee cords keeping pressure to the side of the spar as well as the clamps. This is the bottom of the wing/spar.

Despite my angst at having to re-do my work, it was a beautiful afternoon at the hangar, lots of people about, planes coming and going, and that made for a worthwhile Sunday afternoon!