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raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild10-Jan-15 10:00
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The finished master with my first attempt at forming the canopy. This is a totaaly new process to me: SLip the form into a soft-drink 2 liter bottle that has been cut off at both ends then apply heat from a heat gun and teh plastic magically shrinks the shape of the master. Cool!
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild10-Jan-15 09:57
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Next project is to carve the master for the canopy. I used Basswod that I picked up at the local big-box home improvement store. This is a progress shot about a 1/2 hour into the process.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild10-Jan-15 09:54
Views : 961
Here are completed main gears. They need to be cleaned up a little now. The grand plan is to leave these in this form until I have them mounted in the airframe and trued up then I will guzzie them up with plastruct tubing and othe do-dads to give them the correct appearance.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild10-Jan-15 09:49
Views : 884
It's getting interesting now. The main L/G of this A/C has a main support axle with 4 struts attaching it to the oleo strutt. Each of the strutts is at a different angle and lenght. I made the jig shown to be able to make sure that the gears are identical. The gears are made of various sizes of brass tubing silver solderd together.
David DuckettDumas Kit #233. MiG 17Build09-Jan-15 23:42
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A more scale like stabilizer
julinickGuillows Series 2000 - B-29 Super FortressBuild09-Jan-15 19:02
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raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild09-Jan-15 13:12
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Here is the nose gear well that has been fabricated within the inlet duct. It has been really hard to find good detail photos of some areas of the A/C, so there ia a little "Imagineering" going on here. I also laid on five planks on the bottom of the fuse to keep everything lined up. I did not want to apply any more planks that this as I need to keep the main L/G well area open for fabrication.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild09-Jan-15 13:06
Views : 947
Impatience strikes! I just had to start fairing the planking to see how it was going to turn out. My little Stanley planes, which are older than I am, worked just fine once they were set a little deeper that what I normally have them. The soft balsa requires a more aggressive approch than pine or hardwoods.
raylScratch Built Consolidated XF-92ABuild09-Jan-15 13:02
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Really not good picture as my "shop" digital camera does not have a Macro mode. If you look close, you can see the rivets and foil joint lines. Still have some work to do fairing the duct into the AIr Inlet nossepiece, ( which I haven't fabricated yet).
raylGuillows Series 400 - P-51 MustangBuild09-Jan-15 12:59
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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).
julinickGuillows Series 2000 - B-29 Super FortressBuild08-Jan-15 20:17
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Tonights progress. Left wing finished.
julinickGuillows Series 2000 - B-29 Super FortressBuild08-Jan-15 20:17
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