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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	15-Mar-08 13:09
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Each of the upper vents gets to stacks.
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	15-Mar-08 12:23
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Now complete the vents and mount the pipes.
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	15-Mar-08 12:21
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The ventral vents.
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	15-Mar-08 12:20
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Four vents on the top and three on the bottom...all fingers intact.Structure of the cowl not compromised!
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	14-Mar-08 19:52
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Yu guys were correct... not a big deal! The first is always the toughest, once you have the instructions written, subsequent tasks are easier. The bass has two eyes and a SNACK! Carlo has taken hold today...I need my fingers, five more tomorrow!
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	14-Mar-08 18:38
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One down six to go. For those keeping score...I need seven vents...The top two get two exhaust pipes for a total of nine. Methinks I can get another cut today, then Carlo will cause me to stop or hurt myself!

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	14-Mar-08 16:21
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This 13 in flight prop must be sanded more to scale and now I must cut tear drop holes on the cowl for the exhaust pipes....if I screw this up the Rat, and all the work goes down the toilet!
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	14-Mar-08 16:19
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I roughed out two rings from ply with a saw, glued them in place and then sanded them to the proper shape....made lots of saw dust!
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	14-Mar-08 16:18
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The Cleveland plan and the actual plane variants vary a bit in the shape of the front of the cowl. In order to be closer to scale a couple of rings of thin ply were added.
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Parked	13-Mar-08 18:10
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Closer to my goal.
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	13-Mar-08 18:09
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Here is were the project is...today!
John M Oshust	Scratch Built Polikarpov I-16 Rata	Build	13-Mar-08 17:22
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At this stage of this build I want my rat to structaully look like this.

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