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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (29 in total) :  <<   23   24   25   26   27   28   29  [ < Prev ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 09-Jan-15 13:06 Views : 439 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 : 437 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). rayl Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang Build 09-Jan-15 12:59 Views : 1389 A few more pictures now. This is the inlet duct looking aft. I will fair the seams in with Acryl-Blue glazing putty, which is another hard thing to find anymore. I plan on applying Aluminum foil to the interior of the duct complete with rivets (applied with the LOML pounce wheel). rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 17:17 Views : 453 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 : 513 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 : 466 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. Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:53 Views : 496 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 : 447 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 : 461 Longerons and formers mounted on the alignment jig. Got Clamps? rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:41 Views : 437 THis is the jig that I made to insure the alignment of the longerons. The longerons actually change elevation from the main spar back to the final former by about 7/16", thsu the jig. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:38 Views : 446 It tool me a while to get the features on this site figured out and Jim had to change something for me to get in. That being said, I ve actually been working on this thing for about a month, so there will be lots of pictures intially. Here are all of the formers, of 1/8" ply except for the main wing spar which is 1/4' BAltic Birch ply. Cut them out on my bandsaw and sanded them round on my spindle sander. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 08-Jan-15 16:33 Views : 548 Hi All. I'm going to try to build this thing. The plans were in the 1954 Air Trails Model Annual. I got them from the Outerzone site. It will be scaled at 3/4"-1ft. to match the Guillows kits. Page (29 in total) :  <<   23   24   25   26   27   28   29  [ < Prev ]