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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (10 in total) :  <<   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  [ < Prev ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 10-Jan-15 09:57 Views : 429 Next project is to carve the master for the canopy. I used Basswod that I picked up at the local big-box home improvement store. This is a progress shot about a 1/2 hour into the process. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 10-Jan-15 09:54 Views : 479 Here are completed main gears. They need to be cleaned up a little now. The grand plan is to leave these in this form until I have them mounted in the airframe and trued up then I will guzzie them up with plastruct tubing and othe do-dads to give them the correct appearance. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 10-Jan-15 09:49 Views : 402 It's getting interesting now. The main L/G of this A/C has a main support axle with 4 struts attaching it to the oleo strutt. Each of the strutts is at a different angle and lenght. I made the jig shown to be able to make sure that the gears are identical. The gears are made of various sizes of brass tubing silver solderd together. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 09-Jan-15 13:12 Views : 542 Here is the nose gear well that has been fabricated within the inlet duct. It has been really hard to find good detail photos of some areas of the A/C, so there ia a little "Imagineering" going on here. I also laid on five planks on the bottom of the fuse to keep everything lined up. I did not want to apply any more planks that this as I need to keep the main L/G well area open for fabrication. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 09-Jan-15 13:06 Views : 472 Impatience strikes! I just had to start fairing the planking to see how it was going to turn out. My little Stanley planes, which are older than I am, worked just fine once they were set a little deeper that what I normally have them. The soft balsa requires a more aggressive approch than pine or hardwoods. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 09-Jan-15 13:02 Views : 471 Really not good picture as my "shop" digital camera does not have a Macro mode. If you look close, you can see the rivets and foil joint lines. Still have some work to do fairing the duct into the AIr Inlet nossepiece, ( which I haven't fabricated yet). Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 17:17 Views : 490 Starting to build the air inlet ducting. It is such a prominent feature that I felt that it had to be included. I spent several days re-learning the trig required to generate the patterns for the curved conical duct sections. Finally said the hell with it and cut and fir posterboard patterns until I wa satisfied with the shapes. There are three sections of inlet ducting per side. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 17:12 Views : 560 About a week later: The fuse has been removed rom the jig, which was modified to be a building cradle. The vertical fin has been sealed with Cabots "Quick-Dry" lacquer basec spray sanding sealer. In our new Eco-Friendly world, these high VOC items are getting really hard to find. The fin has been primed with a high-fill automotive rattle can lacquer. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:57 Views : 505 This is the third attempt at constructing the vertical fin. It's been a long time since I built a balsa model (about 50 years), so I expect to have bad days. The ribs are 1/8" and the sheathing is hard 1/16" stuff. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:53 Views : 530 Starting the process of planking. I had several bottles of CA glue from our local Hobby Lobby which I used to glue up the formers and longerons. When I took the clamps loose, everything fell apart! A two hour drive to Sioux Falls to the LHS to get some fresh CA solved the problem. I'm using 3/32" X 1/4" strips for planking. I plan on planking the entire upper half of the fuselage before removing teh assembly from the jig. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:45 Views : 488 Another view of the jig and clamps. My "other hobby" is woodworking and one of the truisms from that avocation is that you can never have enough clamps. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:43 Views : 500 Longerons and formers mounted on the alignment jig. Got Clamps? Page (10 in total) :  <<   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  [ < Prev ]