On January 20th, since the fiber-glass placed around the edges of the bottom of the aircraft was dry it was time to prep for the next phase. If you look closely at the fiber-glass along the edges in the previous post you’ll notice some really rough spots where glue pooled and dried. This involved wet …
On January 16th I continued work on fiber-glassing the bottom of the fuselage. This day was focusing on applying fiber-glass all around the edge of the bottom of the fuselage as well as on the nose. This ensures the seams, spaces between where the bottom connects to the sides, are thoroughly covered. Also fiber-glassing of …
Building Seamaster Day 47: Fiber-glass Bottom Edges Read More »
On January 14th I continued with the fiber-glassing process. This time, seen above, I applied fiber-glass to the keel of the fuselage. The process was similar to before, this time cutting strips that would wrap over the keel and about equal parts on each side. This is done prior to the remainder of the bottom …
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 …
Building Seamaster Day 30: Sanding & Covering Tail/Stab Read More »
On Aug 5th I did a fair bit of sanding touch ups on the wing, ailerons and fuselage. This included sanding paste where balsa blocks meet the fuselage, seen above. As well as some careful sanding of the paste on the trailing edge sheet and ailerons, seen below: Yes, I know these last few posts …
On May 27th I saw some of the work Peter had done on the aircraft and put in some of my own work. Peter had the keel glued to bottom of fuselage, seen above as well as the balsa blocks for the engine mount in place and formed with paste applied to fill the gaps. …
Building Seamaster Day 25: Balsa blocks, keel, etc. Read More »
On May 5th I glued the fin to the tail of the fuselage. I used some triangle stock to run along each side of the fin. This is glued to both the fin and fuselage to provide added support to the fin. Made sure the triangle stock was a bit longer on each end to …
On May 2nd we did a fitting of the wing into the fuselage and figured out where the wing hold down bolt holes needed to be drilled. My first drill was a little off, which is why we do some test drills with a tiny bit to see where it lines up with the wing …
