Today was another great building session. I am really enjoying building my plane with Peter. It’s quite different from anything else I’ve really done as rarely am I building things with my hands, unless you count my fingers typing away on a keyboard! Lol. Started working on the right wing panel, which basically means going …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 13: Right Wing & Tank Floor Read More »
Yesterday was another great building session. Started by sanding the ends of the stringers where they were cut to make them smooth with HR in the front and former F6 in the back. Also sanded the the ‘wedges’ we glued into place to hold the stringers that butt up to and glue to the face …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 12: Fuse, Wing & Landing Gear Read More »
Didn’t have my pics so just summing up my building session I had on Wednesday after the gym. Cut the slot for the diheadral branch in W1 (Peter already had W1 glued in place with the appropriate angle). Then glued and clamped the top main spar and rear spar in place. I then cut off the …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 11: Wing spars & Fuse stringers Read More »
Yesterday I was able to get in a building session with Peter after quite a break so we started with a detailed overview of where we left off and where we were going next. I started hands on work by making the sawdust fly by sanding the tops of the triangle stalk placed behind the …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 10: Triangle stock, Stab mount & Wing Read More »
Yesterday was another great building session. We started the day by continuing work on the fuselage. Peter showed me where he did some sanding on the fuse bottom to give a smooth finish from where we curved and glued it into place the day before. Building resumed with using balsa triangle stock for reinforcements for …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 9: Top Formers & Wing Beginnings Read More »
Today’s building session was all about the bottom and a little time to sand the fibreglass wrap over the metal wire and wood for the one side where the elevator connected. Once fibreglass was sanded down I turned my attention to the fuselage. We started work on the table by looking at the landing gear plate, …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 8: Fuse Top and Bottom Front Read More »
Todays session was a different one. Since the next couple steps were straight forward Peter placed the first layer of fibreglass over the wire/elevators. He also glued the fuselage bottom, which I’d already sanded, to the fuselage and clamped it since it was straight forward and keeps us moving forward. You can see the outcomes …
Today was another great building session and things are really starting to come together. Dare I say it, its the first day it’s really starting to look like a plane! Taking the weights and supports off from last building session we see that the formers are now attached to the one side. Worked on the …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 6: Connect Elevators & Fuselage Side Read More »
