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rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 18-Jan-16 23:15 | |
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There are about 15 rib blanks clamped in the patterns. The red edge, applied with a sharpy, is a warning stripe to let me know if I have gone to far. I roughed the shape out with my drum sander then used a fairing board to refine the ribs. The notches were roughed out with a razor saw then refined with a small bastard file. |
rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 18-Jan-16 23:04 | |
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About 1/3 of teh rib blanks in waiting. |
rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 18-Jan-16 23:03 | |
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With about 80 full size ribs to cut out of 1/16" sheet, Imade a jig out of 1/8" lite-ply to insure consistent results. There are two 6-32 stove-bolts to clamp the rib blanks between the patterns. The thingy to the left is a piece of 1/8" O.D. brass tube with the inside sharpened with a countersink which should make some nice holes in the rib blanks using the pattern jig in front. |
rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 17-Jan-16 14:13 | |
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Assenblage of parts waiting to be doped and tissue applied. IT was (-)22 deg. F. overnight and is going to get up to (-) 8 deg. today: the dopeing can wait. Besides I have to get ready to watch the Steelers wump the Broncos. |
rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 17-Jan-16 14:11 | |
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One of two wingfloats. 3 coats of nitrate dope. |
rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 14-Jan-16 14:08 | |
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Wet forming the turtle-deck out of 1/16 balsa. I'm trying to keep going without having to tackle the L/G. |