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| rayl | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 09-Jan-15 12:59 |  | | Views : 1398 | | 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 : 467 | | 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. |
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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 17:12 |  | | Views : 531 | | 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 : 480 | | 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. |
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