On March 21st I made some more progress on both the wing and the fuselage. On the fuselage I got the top of the fuselage glued in place. The wholes, that came pre-cut, are to trim weight from the overall aircraft. In the photo below you can see where I glued the sheeting for the […]
Building Seamaster Day 12: Fuse top & Wing Sheeting Read More »
On March 17th I got the main spar of one of the wing panels glued in place (seen below) and also got the sheeting glued to the bottom of the tail. Used hardwood strips to provide a surface to hold the sheeting in place with clamps along the bottom edges of the side while the
Building Seamaster Day 11: Wing & Fuse Bottom Read More »
Well, do to life’s circumstances I have gotten very far behind on my blog posts for this project. I’ve gotten married, bought a house, done a lot of painting and packing, moved into said house and have done a lot of unpacking and organising. This meant that over the course of the Winter and Spring
Building Seamaster Day 10: Fuse Nose + Wing Panel Read More »
On March 6th not a whole lot of progress was made and some backtracking and discussion occurred. Discovered that the fuselage had warped. Looking down the fuse you could see that at the tail it curved inwards instead of ‘straight’ back and at the nose it was not curving properly either. This lead to much
Building Seamaster Day 9: Fuselage Woes + L Wing Read More »
Made it to Peters March 5th to work on the fuselage a bit and really get the R wing panel moving along. You can see the image above that I sanded, using an electric sander, off the overhang of the fuselage bottom I previously installed to ensure a smooth finish with the fuselage sides. Next
Building Seamaster Day 8: Fuse Bottom Edge & Wing Panel Read More »
On Feb. 28th I continued work on the fuselage and unfortunately didn’t discover an issue that will come to light during an upcoming session. Perhaps it hadn’t fully presented itself at this time, or perhaps I was just oblivious. Either way this day was about continuing work on the fuselage. To reinforce the nose of
Building Seamaster Day 7: F1 Former & Mid-Bottom Sheet Read More »
On Feb. 27th worked on the fuselage and started the wing! It was at this point I really felt like progress was heating up 🙂 One of the tasks for the evening, now that the front of the aircraft is shaped and dried was to install the front formers (F3 to F1, that’s the order
Building Seamaster Day 6: Front Formers + Wings Beginning Read More »
Another great building session took place Saturday February 24th. The first thing, as seen in Fig. 1 and 2 below is that the screw hole for anchoring the engine support post (is what I’m calling it) to the fuselage was drilled. The groove carved into the ‘post’, seen in Fig. 1, Peter had done at
Building Seamaster Day 5: Sides Attached & Nose Shaping Read More »
