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 »
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 »
This morning I was up early, odd for a weekend, and off to Peters for what turned out to be a 2.5hr building session which flew by! No pun intended, lol. Forgot to take a picture of this step but I glued the sheeting to the fin I built and prepped last day and basically looks …
