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OK, lost the camera for a while.
so, after finishing the wing covering, there was this little problem, the overlap of the fabric covering.
No problem, just paint a little primer on the overlaps and sand down, right? That's what I thought. In reality, the primer went on OK, but when I sanded it, the solartex finish was scuffed up. Then I painted it, and the damage was visible because of the nice shiny epoxy finish. At first look, it is fine, but I will have to re-finish spots with 400 wet and then re-spray. No big deal.
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OK, so progress, no matter how slow, is steady.
This part of a build always bogs down for me. So much detail, so little worth sharing on a build thread. OK, here's a shot of the install of the nose gear steering. Not much I can say, it is really very basic. Cut a slot, CA the nyrod outer, fill in the blanks with Epoxolite, sand smooth. Any questions?
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Moving rearward, Took about 4 or 5 nights to do all the fillets around the tail section. Again, nothing fancy, just basic building. Here's how it goes:
Mix Epoxolite Smear lots into corner with craft stick Run craft stick once down the center, slow and heavy. Use scrap wood to scrape the excess from the thin edges drip several drops of water onto semi-finished fillet Use wet finger to do final smoothing Next day, touch up with 220 grit sandpaper
Ready for primer.
< Message edited by WEDJ -- 2/27/2008 1:17:09 PM >
Question? What's the manufacturer of the nose gear link you're using?
Jim
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ORIGINAL: WEDJ
OK, so progress, no matter how slow, is steady.
This part of a build always bogs down for me. So much detail, so little worth sharing on a build thread. OK, here's a shot of the install of the nose gear steering. Not much I can say, it is really very basic. Cut a slot, CA the nyrod outer, fill in the blanks with Epoxolite, sand smooth. Any questions?
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Tonight at the grocery store I found RIT yellow dye (woot!) Also decided to cut the hinge slots before painting, never hurts to have a little more fuel proofing in the recesses.
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Sir! That looks like something I would do!! Made me chuckle with the reminder that we're all human....Thanks for doing this build thread and for posting this pic!
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Yes, this thread has several of my "oops" in it. Hey, I'm not perfect. I must admit, I do like the color of the yellow canopy, I think it will look good on the finished Perigee when I dye the next one.
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So last Saturday I'm placing my order w/ Tower for the canopy, and I decided - Hey, just get two! So I did, and they arrived today.
I have multiple agendas here:
Spare in case I happen to F#$% another one up Dye one yellow and one blue, and then decide which looks best (yes, I bought 2 colors of RIT) Hey, maybe I'll need another in the future.
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yellow water to me.