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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 21:15 |  | | Views : 1327 | | After slicing off a section of the handle. This particular length had some "stuffing" inside that needed to be removed. If you'll note, the upper half will actually provide a nice groove to slip the coaming around the cockpit edges. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 21:12 |  | | Views : 1374 | | Observe the nice, fine, oh so wonderful stitching on the handle. Ahhh, I can imagine you're already getting the idea. Perhaps I've elicited a smile? |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 21:10 |  | | Views : 1303 | | First, go to the nearest thrift shop and purchase an old hand bag of your choice. Trust me on this. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 21:08 |  | | Views : 1348 | | Going to give you guys a bit of "out of the box" thinking with a dash of imagination and possibly forehead slapping. This session will be devoted to cockpit coaming. It may even provoke a chuckle or two. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Parked | 06-Jul-15 20:28 |  | | Views : 1254 | | Final result of the wing walk with the thin strip of silver paint added to fill in the gap. I felt that everyone has seen a good textured wing walk, and many also featured the metal borders, but how many have we seen with that added step at the trailing edge? |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:25 |  | | Views : 1293 | | An overview of the lower wing and wing walk areas just prior to the final coat of silver paint to fill in the gap. |
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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:22 |  | | Views : 1222 | | The result, was a step that simulated metal steps with raised cross patterns to ensure that initial step by the pilot/passenger would "hold." I then took a very fine paint brush and carefully filled in the small gap on the left side for a convincing wing walk with some "bling" for the discerning eye. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:18 |  | | Views : 1262 | | The results are somewhat fuzzy in several places. So, its not the picture or your computer. I simply picked out the areas that exhibited the best signs of definition of cross patterns. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:15 |  | | Views : 1238 | | Next, I over sprayed the black area with the silver metallic pain using the screen cloth as a stencil. If all goes well, the cloth will allow the silver paint through, but its fine mesh with leave thin black cross-patterned lines. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:11 |  | | Views : 902 | | Next, I went to the local fabric store and obtained a "sample" of very fine screen cloth. Window screen can be used, but for this scale, it would be too thick. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:08 |  | | Views : 683 | | Now, bear with me on this, and humor me a bit. I took what's left of the same sheet of plain white paper used for making the thin metal strips and painted it flat black. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 06-Jul-15 20:04 |  | | Views : 584 | | This is where individual choice comes in. One could purposely make the original black strips longer and end at the trailing edge of the wing. Or, for a bit of (ahem) finesse, could add just a bit more detail for (Sorry, here's that darn word again), "bling." |
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