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Joined: 11/16/2004 From: Toronto, ON, CANADA Status: offline
I just could not wait no more I have been looking at this box for 4 months waiting for the jug to finish but since i got the wrong retracts my engine is still not in and I just love framing up a new plane so here we go
I opened the box and out came a ton of wood this is a american kit cutters full kit quality is so far very good , so here we go DAY ONE
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I've got one under way too, started, all the parts.. but .....
.. well after I finish 2 other planes! Wing is sort of complete.. fiberglass fuse... a bit different than yours, but I'm going to watch this thread will high interest ! Keep at it and have fun !
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Joined: 4/13/2004 From: groveton,
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I too will watch with interest...probably next springs project for me...got the plans, raw wood and my scroll saws ready. As soon as my S.E. 5a and Sopwith Pup are done...damn I'll be glad when I retire. thanx, ken
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Well now its day 2 and man I was a bussy bee today after checking the alignment of the cruch with the 3 front formers i glued it together and this gave me a frame to go ahead and place all the formers glued former 7 8 9 10 11 11r 12 13 on to the cruch then I glued in the horisontal stab seat in its place this is a realy nice built it all goes together like a jigsaw
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at this point I took out the highteck gear lined up the fues with a laser level because the fues is not built flat on a table I had to make sure it stays nice and strait now it was time to glue the stringers I made sure to glue them flush with the formers the slots were cut wider than the stringers so i filed them in with epoxy thickend with cabosil along with this I also managed to glass the controll surfaces on the p47 so now I am going to post those . Thanks for checking in guys post me some pictures of your build
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Joined: 11/16/2004 From: Toronto, ON, CANADA Status: offline
Day 3. Today will be a short one, I have a ball game to play and a christmas party . Today I worked on the engine box, I changed the ply here and went with a 5 ply as oposed to the 3 ply they supplied. Cut out a access hole to the fuel tank I always like to have lots of room to get to fuel tanks, allso drilled some lightning holes to the bottom and top of the box also i cut some hardwood triangles to renforce the box, later I will drill 1/8 holes and dowel the whole thing. Notice the lightning holes are not too far forward, this gives me the flexebility to move the firewall as needed.
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Day 4 today again I had a lot stuff to do so I worked around 3 hours on the stang I finished up the engine box with some nice 1/8 dowels to renforce the structure I also sheeted 2 spots on top off the fues so I could get it in a cradle tomorow I will install the air tank the tail retract and the push rods cheers
ps check out the stab seat can you say swiss cheeeeezzzzzz
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Joined: 4/13/2004 From: groveton,
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Question: do you know the scale of the Stang? Can't find it anywhere on the plans...Looks good here in N.H. USA...and beats shoveling snow. Good Job...I too have ZiroliP-51plans on my wall...my next project after the 1/4 sopwith pup, thanx, ken
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