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
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 »
