Had a great building session with Peter last night making further progress on the wing and started the covering process. In the picture above you can see how Peter cleaned up the sheeting so everything looks nice and smooth giving a better/easier finish. When gluing the fillers he mixed a special substance in with the …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 23: Sheeting Wing & Covering 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 »
Today I started working with working on connecting the two elevators with with wire. This involved first marking the centre of the edge and then using the plans to line up where the wire needed to be inserted and mark it. Then drilled a whole 1/8th in diameter an inch into the elevator. Then grooved …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 5: Elevators and Fuselage Formers Read More »
