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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 10-Jan-15 10:08 |  | | Views : 431 | | After a cup of coffee and muttering a few choice phrases, I tried my luck on the lathe again: success! I had to laminate a poplar wood blank to make the Afterburner cone due to it's height. Turned out pretty good if I say so myself. THese will be attached later after all the planking is completed and the Exhaust duct/flame-holder has been fabricated and installed. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 10-Jan-15 10:00 |  | | Views : 455 | | The finished master with my first attempt at forming the canopy. This is a totaaly new process to me: SLip the form into a soft-drink 2 liter bottle that has been cut off at both ends then apply heat from a heat gun and teh plastic magically shrinks the shape of the master. Cool! |
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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 10-Jan-15 09:57 |  | | Views : 404 | | Next project is to carve the master for the canopy. I used Basswod that I picked up at the local big-box home improvement store. This is a progress shot about a 1/2 hour into the process. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 10-Jan-15 09:54 |  | | Views : 458 | | Here are completed main gears. They need to be cleaned up a little now. The grand plan is to leave these in this form until I have them mounted in the airframe and trued up then I will guzzie them up with plastruct tubing and othe do-dads to give them the correct appearance. |
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