I’ve been doing more thinking on this and would like to actually get something off the ground this winter. Perhaps by scheduling an hour or two every week dedicated to working on it. First off, I have some things I need to explore as I’ve been reconsidering implementation. The 3 areas I plan to focus […]
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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
Building Seamaster Day 32: Elevator/Rudder Fitting + Aileron Covering Read More »
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
Building Seamaster Day 30: Sanding & Covering Tail/Stab Read More »
On Oct. 15th I started by covering the portion of the top of the wing around where the holes for the wing bolt down bolts are, seen above. For simplicity I ran the yellow right to the trailing edge of the wing. Once covered I cut out the fabric covering the holes. After that I
Building Seamaster Day 29: Covering Wing Top & Aileron Tip Read More »
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
Building Seamaster Day 28: Covering Wing Tips & Openings Read More »
I had another hiatus from building and finally got back to it again on Sept. 28th which debuted covering of the aircraft! That’s right I have finally got to the point where I can start covering. I am planning on following a similar color scheme as my previous aircraft. This session saw the start of
Building Seamaster Day 27: Covering Started! 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
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