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raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild21-Jan-15 11:10
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All primed and ready to move on. Attaching the Stbd wing here. Checked the incidence with the "Wixey" meter and made a jig to keep the wingtips in line.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild21-Jan-15 11:06
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'Nuff said.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild21-Jan-15 11:05
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While I was waiting for the primer to dry, I fabricated the rest of the brass items for the main and nose gear. From the pictures of the real thing, the landing gear was quite "chintzy". No wonder that a gear failure was the ultimate cause of the plane's demise.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild21-Jan-15 11:00
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Fill/prime, fill/prime, ad infintium. Went to the newly opened Hobby Lobby in town and got some Tamiya "Mr. Surfacer" for the really little voids; worked pretty good. Final wet sanding in progress now. I went up to 1000 grit as the final step.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild18-Jan-15 10:18
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The great speckled bird! Two things happened: (1) My planking powress is lacking: many voids between the planks to fill. (2) I suffered some sort of incomparability issue between the intial finish and the high-fill primer, resulting in may "Crazed" areas. This is going to take a while as the primer surface has to nearly perfect if I am to lay on a aluminum finish coat. Catchya later!
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild18-Jan-15 10:12
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Finished all of the fuse planking. Installed 1/64" ply main L/G well inserts. I did this to simulate the thin edges of the wheel wells. I have three layers of sandinig sealer on the fuse now so the next step will be to lay on some automotive type high-fill primer.
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raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild18-Jan-15 10:04
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The main L/G firmly mounted into it's plywood bulkheads. I used a "Wixey" digital angle gauge to make sure the fuse was level (laterally) then set a bar across the L/G strutts to insure that they were level before supergluing them into place. I then drilled 3/32" cross pin holes through the main member and inserted music wire into those holes. The L/G shouldn't move at all.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild17-Jan-15 09:49
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Bottom sheeting instaled on the wings and the elevons attached. Now I'm ready to finsih the fuse planking and move on to the sealer/primer stage.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild17-Jan-15 09:44
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Main gear wells done. Ready to sheet the bottom of the wings.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild17-Jan-15 09:42
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My new freind in Monterey, Ca.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild14-Jan-15 11:23
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Started on the main L/G wells. A few strips to simulate the stringers and faux spars to close off the space.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild14-Jan-15 11:21
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TOps of the wings are sheeted. Had to see what it looked like with them on.
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