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| hjlittman, Image # 44827 | 28 May 25 22:03 | 
As you can see this modell needs substantial dihedral. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44826 | 28 May 25 22:02 | 
I got back to work on the wings. I did do a slight redesign but it is still going to have bamboo wing tips as the plan calles for. This is not my first experience with 1930s building techniques. |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 44824 | 27 May 25 23:14 | | I always liked this little fighter. It was better than folks thought it could be. Nice work as usual. I'd love to be able to laser cut my own parts and make 3D printed engines. Looking forward to your progress |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 44820 | 25 May 25 18:18 | | basdonkill, Peanuts aren't really my thing, just for the OFFC contest. If I do an F2A kit it will be based on my, much more accurate, F2A NoCal as a Walnut scale kit (16 - 17 inch span) or a 1:16 scale kit (26-1/4 inch span).
BTW, will you, please, email me, howard@hjlmodels.com, with your new email address. When I send you my newsletter it comes back undeliverable. Thanks. |
| bsadonkill, Comment for image # 44820 | 25 May 25 17:06 | | That's all fine and well, when well produce a kit. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 44820 | 25 May 25 16:40 | | Very neat! |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 44820 | 25 May 25 14:54 | | Wow! Are you doing your own Laser cutting? Amazing! |
| hjlittman, Image # 44824 | 25 May 25 00:26 | 
This is how I ended up tonight with the cowl fitted, the canopy bows installed and the temporary brace cut out of the cockpit. Today the fuselage...Tomorrow, the wings! |
| hjlittman, Image # 44823 | 25 May 25 00:24 | 
I assembled the key in the back of the cowl. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44822 | 25 May 25 00:22 | 
I finally got all the 1/32" stringers on it. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44821 | 25 May 25 00:19 | 
Working over the same plan, I pinned down my keel and working from back to front, using my right angle tools I put in the formers, after I put the 1/16" square side keel on I took the falf shell off the plan and used the popsicle stick and smalll clamp method to put the other half of the fromers on. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44820 | 25 May 25 00:13 | 
I changed it to half shell construction with 1/16" squared keels and preceeded to laser cut new parts |
| hjlittman, Image # 44819 | 25 May 25 00:11 | 
The article calls for building it on a crutch, freehanded, from the wings out. I decided that the way the build was described in the 1938 article was insale so I decided to build it on a proper crutch using the same plan. I have to problems with horizontal crutch fuselages but this one still proved problematic and after II had the formers glued in and cur the crossmembers out of the crutch before putting the 1/32" square stringers on I realized that I was buildg a banana so I changed plan. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44818 | 25 May 25 00:06 | 
Back of cowl |
| hjlittman, Image # 44817 | 25 May 25 00:04 | 
Front of cowl. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44816 | 25 May 25 00:03 | 
I started with the cowl. I laminated it the way the plan called for but I like to make it removable and I like trapizoidal keys. Chucked up in my Dremel drill press isanding it to shape was short work. |
| hjlittman, Image # 44815 | 24 May 25 23:57 | 
I, for some unknown reason, decided to build a Herb Weiss F2A for a peanut contest. First, I discovered that the Herb Weiss Minute Models are larger than Peanut size. I scaled down the plan, traced the parts, and laser cut them. |
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