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| cdwheatley, Comment for image # 4347 | 06 Sep 07 14:28 |
| Looking good! |
| cdwheatley, Comment for image # 4346 | 06 Sep 07 13:58 |
| Great idea PB, looks much better than the usual paper fairings. |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 4347 | 06 Sep 07 09:03 |
| Main gear installed. Although they look flimsy, they flex which I hope will help them survive landings. Wheels will wait until final assembly. |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 4347 | 06 Sep 07 09:01 |
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| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 4346 | 06 Sep 07 04:59 |
| I sandwiched the landing gear wire between 1/32 balsa scraps and then shaped the leading and trailing edges. Turned out much cleaner than the kit's set-up with no wire visible. |
| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 4345 | 06 Sep 07 04:56 |
| I decided to try a cleaner landing gear set-up that utilizes and internal retainer. I also made a bushing that press-fits into the hole on the wheel. |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 4346 | 06 Sep 07 04:54 |
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| plasticbuddha, Image # 4345 | 06 Sep 07 04:53 |
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| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 4341 | 05 Sep 07 19:55 |
| Made some progress with the fuselage. I got as far as installing 90% of the stringers before I fitted the vacuum-formed cowl. Much to my surprise, the bulkhead B1 was too large. I had quite a bit of sanding to do before I could blend it with the cowl. In hinsight, I should have glued the B1 halves together first, fitted the cowling, sand/blend and then installed the stringers. |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 4341 | 05 Sep 07 19:51 |
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| plasticbuddha, Comment for image # 4339 | 04 Sep 07 18:06 |
| After a mishap with the Mustang (fell off the table and broke the horizontal stabilizer and rudder) I decided to shelve that project for the time being. In the final analysis, it became too heavy to fly with all of the modifications and corrections. I should have simply enjoyed it for what it was, a simple $9 kit and built it completely stock. I did learn quite a bit. Moving on, I went back to building the PT-17 and I also started another; Series 300 Cessna 170. Actually, I have two of these kits as I intend to build one box stock to fly and another as a static display. Unfortunately, both kits had some very bad "die crush"!!! Either Guillows needs to sharpen their tooling or use better wood or both. Anyway, the tail surfaces are finished and covered using kit tissue. Hope I have better luck with this one. |
| plasticbuddha, Image # 4339 | 04 Sep 07 17:59 |
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