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| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 16981 | 16 Mar 10 09:48 |
| I built this kit quite some time ago. A real pleasure. You've got a very clean build. Looks sharp. |
| CPN, Comment for image # 16981 | 16 Mar 10 07:28 |
| Thanks. I look at your Super Cub as the benchmark for a flying 300 series. I am leaving the the 4 wing ribs that will go at the wing root solid. The plan is to put a pair of 1/16 wooden dowels through the fuselage and into the wings, or maybe a piece of aluminum tubing, not sure yet. The wing rib that will accept the strut is solid as are the two most outboard ribs. The last 2 ribs are staying solid because it became apparent as I was cutting the larger ones that the smaller ribs would be nearly impossibe to skeletonize and keep in one piece. The tiny weight gain made by removing lumber would probably be overshadowed by the added glue to repair the piece. |
| scigs30, Comment for image # 16981 | 16 Mar 10 05:24 |
| That looks awsome.....Man you are making me want to build one. |
| CPN, Image # 16981 | 15 Mar 10 21:15 |
You've heard of "Celebrity Fit Club" - right? Well this is "Cessna Fit Club". |
| CPN, Image # 16980 | 15 Mar 10 21:14 |
The fuselage formers got a similar treatment. I cut the keels in half and thinned out all the empennage pieces as well. |
| CPN, Image # 16979 | 15 Mar 10 21:13 |
One day I will get a cowl to line up with the rest of the plane. |
| CPN, Image # 16978 | 15 Mar 10 21:12 |
Nice and straight for a change. I need to add red tissue to the top rear of the fuselage and the tips of the stabilizer - and a tailwheel of course. I also need to paint the inside of the red marking on the tail white. |
| CPN, Image # 16977 | 15 Mar 10 21:11 |
I spent the better part of an hour trying to find pictures on the internet of C170s painted in what I have come to call "The Guillows Paint Scheme". Believe it or not, I found a few. From viewing the pics, I realized that it is a two color scheme and the rest of the aircraft was polished aluminum. Since polished aluminum is the bare material the plane is made of, I decided it would be appropriate to leave these unpainted areas bare silkspan. |
| CPN, Image # 16976 | 15 Mar 10 21:08 |
This kit is the second balsa model I ever built. The first was a Sterling peanut scale Fokker D.VIII that my father had started. I have always loved this kit and this plane. |
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