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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 17:17 |  | | Views : 1040 | | Starting to build the air inlet ducting. It is such a prominent feature that I felt that it had to be included. I spent several days re-learning the trig required to generate the patterns for the curved conical duct sections. Finally said the hell with it and cut and fir posterboard patterns until I wa satisfied with the shapes. There are three sections of inlet ducting per side. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 17:12 |  | | Views : 1155 | | About a week later: The fuse has been removed rom the jig, which was modified to be a building cradle. The vertical fin has been sealed with Cabots "Quick-Dry" lacquer basec spray sanding sealer. In our new Eco-Friendly world, these high VOC items are getting really hard to find. The fin has been primed with a high-fill automotive rattle can lacquer. |
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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:57 |  | | Views : 1045 | | This is the third attempt at constructing the vertical fin. It's been a long time since I built a balsa model (about 50 years), so I expect to have bad days. The ribs are 1/8" and the sheathing is hard 1/16" stuff. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:53 |  | | Views : 1045 | | Starting the process of planking. I had several bottles of CA glue from our local Hobby Lobby which I used to glue up the formers and longerons. When I took the clamps loose, everything fell apart! A two hour drive to Sioux Falls to the LHS to get some fresh CA solved the problem. I'm using 3/32" X 1/4" strips for planking. I plan on planking the entire upper half of the fuselage before removing teh assembly from the jig. |
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