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SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild09-Jun-14 11:19
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I decided to go ahead and do the rough shaping of the parts now. Good thing too as I inevitably break a glue joint and need to make repairs.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningReference15-May-14 11:06
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This fella here is what derailed my P-38 build project. He was a little too eager to join me and had to spend 5 weeks in the NICU. Didn't help that I spent a lot of time building this crib instead of the P-38. Pardon the photo quality, my dear wife would rather use a $400 phone than an $800 camera.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild26-Dec-13 20:27
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Rudder-fin assembles ready for shaping.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild26-Dec-13 20:26
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In step 5 add the 1/16" square stock to the other side of the rear half. The front half gets C1A, C6A, and C7A added to both sides as well as 1/16" square stock to both sides of the four ribs nearest the fuselage.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild26-Dec-13 20:24
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In step 4 add all of the 1/16"x1/4" rib cores to the front half and 1/16" square pieces to the rear half. Note that the 1/16"x1/4" pieces run right across some openings where it doesn't belong, cut those out later after the parts are shaped.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild26-Dec-13 20:20
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Here is a comparison of my "step 3" to a completed rudder-fin
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SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild26-Dec-13 20:19
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The instructions for building the elevator-stabilizer are fairly good, but for the rudder-fins simply say "build in a similar manner" which isn't particularly helpful so I will try to elaborate a bit. What you see here is step 3, the first step is to trim your sheet wood parts to fit the templates shown at the top of this photo. Step 2 is to join C1-C2-C9B, C6-C7-C8B, and C3-C4-C5-C8A-C9A together flat on the plans. Here in step 3 you raise those sheet wood assemblies up 1/16" using shims and glue on the vertical 1/16"x1/4" main spars with a 1/16" shim in the gap for the hinge.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild24-Dec-13 15:58
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The movable scale elevator-stabilizer is built and ready for shaping. Progress has slowed lately for family gatherings such as my grandparent's 70th wedding anniversary.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild14-Dec-13 15:56
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The stringers are now on the wings. I think I'll wait to sand to shape and join the halves till after I've constructed the "action plan" details.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild12-Dec-13 00:39
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The wings are ready for stringers.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild08-Dec-13 21:57
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I decided to go ahead and add the stringers and the parts to support the wing before moving on to the wing construction. I really enoy putting stringers on laser cut models because of how accurately cut the notches are.
SteveMGuillows Series 2000 - P-38 LightningBuild07-Dec-13 14:40
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The nacelle and two fuselages are as far along as I can get them before adding the stringers. I'm torn between building the LG before adding the stringers and adding the stringers now and trying not to break them while adding the LG later.
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