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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 03-Jul-15 20:34 |  | | Views : 535 | | As you can easily see from my practice sessions against the Guillow's plastic cylinders in the background, all I had to do was slip each "cooling fin" over the appropriately sized dowel. Although the rings were close enough in diameter to the dowels, I still had to open them up a bit to squeeze them over. Still, the rings helped to give a sharp definition to the cooling fins as opposed to thread or string or Heaven forbid, cutting up thin plastic rings. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 03-Jul-15 20:29 |  | | Views : 594 | | Okay so far. Now comes a bit of imagination (at least on my part). What to use to simulate cooling fins? Wrapping threads or strings? Cutting out thin slices of plastic rings? Still thinking of "quick build" I visited the local arts & crafts store and....my cooling fins were neatly packaged and waiting for me. |
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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 03-Jul-15 20:26 |  | | Views : 484 | | Since weight was not a consideration, and plastic tubing isn't readily available in the sizes I needed, I chose hardwood dowels of two approximate sizes for each cylinder. Thinking of it as a quick build, the dowels were already round and sized to suit my needs. I only had to cut them to the approximate size of each cylinder |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 03-Jul-15 20:06 |  | | Views : 545 | | I decided early on to use the plastic nose/crank case provided by Guillow's as a quick-build version of the radial. This allows me to focus more on the cylinders and some of the accessories such as intake and exhaust manifolds, spark plugs and their wiring. |
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