On Nov. 20th I focused on covering the bottom of the stabilizer. You can see the stop point for the day with the bottom of the stabilizer covered in the featured image above. Above you can see the top of the stabilizer (bottom of the covering) I ironed in place. Below you can see the […]
Building Seamaster Day 39: Covering Stab Bottom Read More »
On Nov 17th I finished covering the wing and started covering the tail of the aircraft. You can see in the image below that I covered the seems (joints) along where the triangle stock is in place helping support the stab to the fin. I do the seems first to help keep fuel, etc. from
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On Nov. 6th I finished covering the bottom of the wing by cutting two pieces to fit down the center, seen below. The first wraps around the leading edge of the wing and goes down to the edge protrusion and the other goes from bottom of the protrusion to the trailing edge where it was
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On Oct. 27th I continued work on the wing and it took me 2 hrs to get the covering of one panel done, seen below and I completed the other half on the 28th seen in the image above. The first steps are to get the piece of covering sealed all around the edges. This
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Yesterday I continued working on covering the ailerons as well as ensuring a fit between the rudder and elevator. Prior to fitting the elevator and rudder I needed to V the ruder and elevator so that when hinged to the tail of the fuselage side to side movement of the rudder would be possible as
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On Oct. 19th I did some more covering, as will be the case for many sessions to come :). This particular day I covered the trailing edge of the stabilizer in caution yellow, seen above, which will be the color of the top of of the stab and wing, as the plan is to match
Building Seamaster Day 31: Stab Trailing Edge + Aileron Tips Read More »
Yesterday started with seeing what Peter had down, which was installed the hinges for the ailerons onto the trailing edge of the wing. This involved making a two toothpick sized wholes per hinge as well as drilling a hole for the toothpick into the hinge itself. Then the hinges were glued inside the slot with
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On Oct. 14th I continued covering the wing. This included covering the wing tip, seen below. This involved curving the covering around the outer curve of the tip and then trimming the excess at the top as well as along the straight edges (inside of the tip) to get a cleaner finish. I did my
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