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Old 07-21-2022 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Hyjinx
Copy that Greg. Didn't mean to be flippant with the quick response. I realize it can be hard to do a correct repair on our planes and take longer than expected. Popular airframe even though discontinued. There are parts out there but can be a task to find on the net. Hope you get yours back up and pick up another bi plane to love. I love all of mine.
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Aaron, I looked around but I couldn't find the parts I need. I at least needed the mounting rings. A new Cowling and a New dummy engine would of been nice too. I had to fiber glass with thin CA glue my dummy engine back together. Then I made it stronger by mounting it against balsa sheeting. My dad and I made new mounting rings, and then we tried to do the best we could to drill the holes so that everything would line up. Oddly enough once the new ring got epoxied into the Cowling, those holes no longer lined up perfectly. When you got blind nuts glued into something you got have things line up perfectly or the screws just won't go in. So far we can get 3 of the 4 in. The one just wants to cross thread. Part of the reason why this is so hard is because the screws drop down in behind where the fuse meets the cowling. There is a lip that makes you use a ball driver to even get on the screws, to turn them. It's complicated way of mounting a cowling.

Here is a picture of what the original cowling rings looked like.

https://www.hobbytown.com/great-plan...ma4079/p646939

https://www.greathobbies.com/product...od_id=GPMA4079

When I was making mine, I had only 1/2 of a ring to make a copy of...