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| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 06-Jul-07 19:14 |  | | Views : 787 | | Flak damage to the right side caused by my stubby fingers whils I covered the left side. Niki has decide that repair is not needed as the AL plates will hide it. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 06-Jul-07 19:12 |  | | Views : 830 | | Sasha tests the stregth of the Al skin, Niki watches in disbelief! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 06-Jul-07 19:10 |  | | Views : 883 | | Just another angle. I am planning on adding panel lines and rivets, pin heads, I think I need 500. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 06-Jul-07 19:08 |  | | Views : 889 | | 43 hours into this one and the left side has heavy duty skin! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 04-Jul-07 21:11 |  | | Views : 855 | | Wax on...wax off! Sasha polishes the new heavy duty "Silk Span" skin! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 04-Jul-07 21:09 |  | | Views : 1152 | | The Mig-3 was aluminum in the front of the fuselage and wood in the rear. The inner wings were aluminum, the outer wood. Niki's mig will be the same. Al roof flashing, epoxy and time. Now I know I can do it! |
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| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 04-Jul-07 15:18 |  | | Views : 846 | | The seat may still get a cushin. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 04-Jul-07 15:16 |  | | Views : 860 | | The cockpit is just about finished, the next step fabricate a sliding canopy. |
| John M Oshust | Guillows Series 800 - Sopwith Camel | Parked | 04-Jul-07 15:14 |  | | Views : 3125 | | Niki and Sasha admire the seat. The custum seat was once part of a fabric softener container |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 03-Jul-07 18:07 |  | | Views : 878 | | The cockpit still needs a seat, a GPS, and an "I" phone! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 03-Jul-07 18:04 |  | | Views : 870 | | Aileron pedlas, joy stick, and an abundance of instrument and switch, "Jimmies and Jammies!" |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 03-Jul-07 18:01 |  | | Views : 825 | | Nicholai Borisovich (Nicholas the son of Boris), admires the instrumentation technology of a WWII Mig-3. He remembers the stories his father told him about his asventures flying a Sopwith Camel. Avation tecnology has come a long way in 25 years! |
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