ORIGINAL: FMBB
Hi Bill,
great looking cowling and a nice colour schema too.
How did you simulate the cowl's locks on it's side? Nice dummy enging I hope it will survive engine vibrations.
FMBB
Thanks for asking me to become a member of Waco brotherhood but as I am not retired yet I have to work in my main business and in addition I have to manufacture Waco kits for my customers who do not like long lead times. I have not always time to have a look in the thread and I do not know if all the brothers would like to wait for my answers for weeks. So I would prefer to jump in from time to time to look what's going on and give a hint if I can and take some information from all the brothers and there solutions in building a Waco.
Peter
Peter,
There are brothers that we never hear from. I am sure that everyone here would wait for a year to see what you had to say. We would really love to have you for a Brother.
I drilled small holes in the cowl. I took some pieces of aluminum and cut them out with a pair of shears to replicate the locks, and bent them at a 90 degree angle. I glued them into place with medium CA glue, then I touched a drop of CA with a toothpick and made the bolt heads by dropping a tiny drop of the medium CA onto the cowl locks. Seems to work well. Here is a pic of the locks before painting.
The dummy engine still must have the lite plywood foundation made and attached to the engine. It will then screw mount to a set of blocks glued into the cowl. I want to be able to remove the dummy engine, if it should prove that I need more cooling air to the zenoah. That way, I can remove the dummy engine, and make the cooling area larger, or smaller as is required.
Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1