Yesterday I was able to get in a building session with Peter after quite a break so we started with a detailed overview of where we left off and where we were going next. I started hands on work by making the sawdust fly by sanding the tops of the triangle stalk placed behind the […]
Building 4 Star 60 Day 10: Triangle stock, Stab mount & Wing Read More »
Yesterday was another great building session. We started the day by continuing work on the fuselage. Peter showed me where he did some sanding on the fuse bottom to give a smooth finish from where we curved and glued it into place the day before. Building resumed with using balsa triangle stock for reinforcements for
Building 4 Star 60 Day 9: Top Formers & Wing Beginnings Read More »
Today was another great day of building. I lucked out today with some extra assistance to keep things moving along. John cut the find down to size and sanded the edges for me. Even sanded the sheeting. Apparently this is one of the reasons why we don’t use the 1/16th that comes with as wouldn’t
Building 4 Star 60 Day 4: A little bit of everything Read More »
This morning I was up early, odd for a weekend, and off to Peters for what turned out to be a 2.5hr building session which flew by! No pun intended, lol. Forgot to take a picture of this step but I glued the sheeting to the fin I built and prepped last day and basically looks
Building 4 Star 60 Day 3: Fuselage + Stabilizer Read More »
Today I got over for another great building session with Peter. Peter kindly had the sheeting for the (tail) stabilizer of my plane glued together. We marked out one side of the sheeting tracing the framework with a pencil to know where the stabilizer framework had to go on the sheeting and then flipped over the framework.
Building 4 Star 60 Day 2: The fin starts Read More »
Yesterday I bought a Sig 4 Star 60 kit off John from our club. I’ve been so excited and nervous about building I wanted to get a start on it ASAP so I called up Peter today, as he’s teaching me, and got over to his place after supper. We opened the box, seen in
Building 4 Star 60 Day 1: The tail starts Read More »
