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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 21:10
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First, go to the nearest thrift shop and purchase an old hand bag of your choice. Trust me on this.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 21:08
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Going to give you guys a bit of "out of the box" thinking with a dash of imagination and possibly forehead slapping. This session will be devoted to cockpit coaming. It may even provoke a chuckle or two.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Parked06-Jul-15 20:28
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Final result of the wing walk with the thin strip of silver paint added to fill in the gap. I felt that everyone has seen a good textured wing walk, and many also featured the metal borders, but how many have we seen with that added step at the trailing edge?
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:25
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An overview of the lower wing and wing walk areas just prior to the final coat of silver paint to fill in the gap.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:22
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The result, was a step that simulated metal steps with raised cross patterns to ensure that initial step by the pilot/passenger would "hold." I then took a very fine paint brush and carefully filled in the small gap on the left side for a convincing wing walk with some "bling" for the discerning eye.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:18
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The results are somewhat fuzzy in several places. So, its not the picture or your computer. I simply picked out the areas that exhibited the best signs of definition of cross patterns.
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:15
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Next, I over sprayed the black area with the silver metallic pain using the screen cloth as a stencil. If all goes well, the cloth will allow the silver paint through, but its fine mesh with leave thin black cross-patterned lines.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:11
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Next, I went to the local fabric store and obtained a "sample" of very fine screen cloth. Window screen can be used, but for this scale, it would be too thick.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:08
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Now, bear with me on this, and humor me a bit. I took what's left of the same sheet of plain white paper used for making the thin metal strips and painted it flat black.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:04
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This is where individual choice comes in. One could purposely make the original black strips longer and end at the trailing edge of the wing. Or, for a bit of (ahem) finesse, could add just a bit more detail for (Sorry, here's that darn word again), "bling."
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 20:01
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As you can easily surmise, this is kind of a two-step process. Prior to gluing the first strip, I cut the end at 45 degrees, using the scientific eyeball method. Then with the remaining edge from the strip already cut at the same angle, I carefully lined it up to verify the joint before cutting the short strip to size and then sjupergluing it into place. I carefully placed a dab of the glue along the underside of the strip prior to attaching it to the surface. I admit this method requires one to "get it right the first time or else" but figured it was worth the risk. I figured if I used white glue, it would act as a small bit of "lubricant" allowing the strip to slide around and thereby leaving a thin film of glue.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17Build06-Jul-15 19:53
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Next, I taped the strip ends onto scrap cardboard and spray painted metallic silver. I was careful not to flex the fold too much, lest it cracks the paint.
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