Monday I headed to Peters after driving back from Dryden. This made it a shorter session that involved a lot sanding! First off I sanded the top and bottom trailing edge sheets until the were flush with the trailing edge piece glued earlier. I also sanded the edge of the ailerons that will be facing the …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 16 & 17: All About the Sanding Read More »
Wednesday evening was an exciting building session as I can really see how things are going to be fitting together! We looked how the stabilizer and fin will connect to the fuselage, which really makes the project take shape! Worked on both wings. Started with the right wing, above, by cutting and sanding the dihedral angle on …
Today was a quick building session after the gym. First I saw what Peter kindly did up for me which were the aileron servo lead tubes, one for each wing, and glued into place. I started work by sanding down the excess overhang of the top and bottom forward spars on the L wing. Once done I …
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 »
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 was another great day of building. I lucked out today with some extra assistance to keep things moving along. John cut the find down to size and sanded the edges for me. Even sanded the sheeting. Apparently this is one of the reasons why we don’t use the 1/16th that comes with as wouldn’t …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 4: A little bit of everything Read More »
