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Main Menu Home About Browse images Signup Lost password? News Links Help User Login User Name Password View By Hangar View By Aircraft Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 View Details View All Switch Aircraft Users Aircraft BillParker biplane guy bubbafusion Creosotewind Dale1416 David Duckett dfrank47 Don C dovbear FLYBOYZ flyguy172 FsFalcon heywooood jgood LASTWOODSMAN lpc30 NATOMike plasticbuddha poppy R-985 rayl RTD89 Skyediamonds Skyediamonds1985 Steve_in_NH

Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 by biplane guy. Viewed 852 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments biplane guy 26-Apr-16 20:20 biplane guy 26-Apr-16 20:21 For the shocks. John M Oshust 26-Apr-16 21:44 Sweet! Don C 26-Apr-16 21:53 Now that's precise! poppy 27-Apr-16 09:47 Exquisite detail!! rayl 27-Apr-16 09:56 OK, so are they Cast, plastic, magic??? biplane guy 27-Apr-16 14:44 Thanks guys. I made these from strips of .020 white styrene about 3/32" wide. I used CA to stick the ends of one pair together and then sandwiched that between another pair at about a 45 degree angle. I then split some short pieces of 1/8" OD x 1/16" ID rigid plastic tubing lengthwise but slightly off center so that the tubing would snap around the 1/16" wire used for the landing strut. I used CA again to connect the open end of the strip assemblies to the sides of the tubing, put a dab of 5 minute epoxy on the joints to simulate the bolts, then painted them. Once they are snapped in place to the actual struts I will CA the other half of the tubing pieces on to complete the assembly. rayl 27-Apr-16 19:00 Fine job. Skyediamonds1985 27-Apr-16 21:36 Excellent job, "Mr." biplane. I think the small ridge lines on the edges of the scissors for the shock structs is whats got everyone's attention. You certainly got mine!! Incredible attention to detail. Great to know I'm not alone. That post of your biplane ride in the Waco was great! Glad to hear of your sneaky daughter. Loved the instrument panel. My guess is, you decided to replicate the panel of the PT-17 near your airport? Beautifully done. Skyediamonds1985 27-Apr-16 21:59 By the way, those scissor shocks are a lot prettier than mine. I used glossy paper. Pretty much did the same thing of gluing identical "A" frames together to give each scissor some "depth, then using a tiny piece of tubing from a local bead store to serve as a hinge where the two assemblies joined together, then splitting them at the joint of the landing gear. I think I said that right..... biplane guy 28-Apr-16 20:33 I wish I could say that those ridge lines were planned but they were an unexpected detail that actually wasn't even noticeable until the paint was applied. They were the result of the strips being cut with an x-acto knife. Please sign in to comment on this image.