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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 26-Apr-16 16:55 |  |
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| Biplane Guy, I 've been down the slope for decades (Used to be a plastic modeler). Example here ( a week of my life that I'll never get back) is of the rigging clevises for my Loening. Each clevis took 9 separate operations and three jigs to make. But it's FUN!!! |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 06-Apr-16 22:10 |  |
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| Boy, I am glad that the wings don't have any rivets! Used up 1 1/2 sheets of the Micromark rivets to get to this point. I thnik that it will take about another 30 inches of rivets to finish up. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 03-Apr-16 11:32 |  |
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| I have been riveted to the main float today. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 31-Mar-16 14:06 |  |
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| Rivets under paint. I used the smallest rivets on the sheet so the bigger ones, that will be applied to the fuselage should look even better. When the silver paint dries (forever) I will try a wash of black water-based paint and dry-brush them to see how they "pop". |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 31-Mar-16 14:04 |  |
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| These are engine compartment vent louvers in the raw. Used some 1/8" dowel, planed it flat on two sides and drew them down. It's going to be a little bit fiddly to sand them out. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 31-Mar-16 14:00 |  |
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| These are the MicoMark "O" scale rivets applied to a wing float. We will see what they look like under a coat of RustOleum silver enamel paint. |
