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| Barnstormer, Comment for image # 9259 | 02 Sep 08 18:08 |
| This is just amazing work. Beautiful job. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 9259 | 02 Sep 08 16:52 |
| I am liking this technique very much. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 9258 | 02 Sep 08 15:55 |
| From left to right, the top, the bottom and the front. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 9257 | 02 Sep 08 15:54 |
| The new piece is still being worked. The crimped pieces will be hammered out. Most of the initial rough shaping was done by working the metal with my fingers. As you work the metal, it hardens. If it gets too hard to work, heating the metal softens, or anneals it, making it easy to work again. Hard to judge with this gage of aluminum, but part of the tool kit. |
| elevatoranj, Comment for image # 9253 | 02 Sep 08 15:53 |
| I think I have a kit for this bird with about a 5 ft wingspan. I'll check my storage shed if anyone is interested? I have over a hundred kits that I will never live to build so don't hesitate to ask! My only interest now days is older Guillows obsolete kits |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 9256 | 02 Sep 08 15:52 |
| Just above the hammer (I use the ball end more so than the flat end) is a tracing paper pattern. Next to it is an early cowl front and a revised cowl front that has been flattened. That one was close, but not close enough. I took the best half to trace the pattern and then transfer that to a new piece of aluminum. The wood pieces are for rubbing the metal. The curved scissors for inside curves. The philips screwdriver for embossing patterns. The brass tube works great as a rolling pin to flatten shapes or fresh aluminum to get it ready to work. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 9254 | 02 Sep 08 15:40 |
| The props are missing. It will take a lot of work to bring it back. Sitting next to it is a DC-3. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 9253 | 02 Sep 08 15:39 |
| Hopefully this plane will be restored. Note the oil and grime on the fuselage. It looks like it had been painted a silver color. That is now badly worn. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9259 | 02 Sep 08 15:38 |
Test fitting. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9258 | 02 Sep 08 15:37 |
Three parts to make up the cowl. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9257 | 02 Sep 08 15:36 |
Rough shaping part of the cowling. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9256 | 02 Sep 08 15:36 |
Some of my tools to form aluminum. |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9255 | 02 Sep 08 15:35 |
Next to the PBY was this DC-3 |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9254 | 02 Sep 08 15:34 |
Another shot |
| Creosotewind, Image # 9253 | 02 Sep 08 15:33 |
PBY5A at the Glendale, AZ airpark |
| sweetwillie, Comment for image # 8272 | 09 May 08 19:32 |
| That's amazing, simply amazing. |
| Barnstormer, Comment for image # 8272 | 09 May 08 18:39 |
| Wow I like it!! Thats some amazeing frame work you've done. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 8270 | 09 May 08 13:51 |
| JohnO, fortunately, many years of playing banjo and guitar have given me some pretty tough calluses. So other than a brand or two on the finger tips, they're doing pretty good. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 8262 | 09 May 08 13:49 |
| Ed, I drew them on a computer. Best way to produce them. I printed out the entire face on a color laser printer, added the rings from solder. Even with my glasses I can hardly see the detail. |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 7401 | 09 May 08 13:42 |
| Ed, we bought the booth from Cheap Joes (www.cheapjoes.com). It is the Artograph 1530. Their price is about $340, delivery included. I bought extra filters and pads so it came to about $470. It absorbs odors (I turn it on when using dope to suck up the smell) (Hmmm, I could have used that in college), but ideally should be vented to the outside using washer/dryer vent pipes. It's pretty easy to do, so of course I have yet to do it. All in all, cheaper than a new set of lungs. |
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