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 […]
Building Seamaster Day 26: Sanding Paste Read More »
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 16th I did the final prep on the stab and also sanded the front top plate which were then glued and clamped into place. The stabilizer was glued to the top of the fin and triangle stock which was previously glued into place. Once this was done we left the aircraft alone for
Building Seamaster Day 24: Stab + Front Top Plate Glued Read More »
On May 12th I worked on the tail of the aircraft. The first task was to sand and form/tapper the bottom triangle stock supporting the bottom of the tail fin and for aerodynamics, seen above. The next task for the day was getting the triangle stock in place flush with the top of the fin
Building Seamaster Day 23: Tail Fin 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
Building Seamaster Day 22: Fin to Fuselage Read More »
On May 4th I worked on the wing and tail of the aircraft. Seen above I worked on sanding the leading edge, specifically the wing tip corners to get the desired taper. The fin of the aircraft is composed of two pieces, front and back. I started by sanding off the ‘burnt’ finish from the
Building Seamaster Day 21: Wing Leading Edge Tips and Fin Read More »
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
Building Seamaster Day 20: Wing Hold Down Bolts Read More »
On April 20th finished off the floats and worked on sculpting the nose of the aircraft. In the case of the floats seen above I sanded the edges of the top sheeting I glued on previously. I sanded the edges of the sheeting to be flush with the sides of the float. To continue
Building Seamaster Day 19: Sanding, sanding, sanding Read More »
