Here we go with some more cool stuff.
When I got the kit, I told myself that I was not going to start on this project untill I got the trade work done first. That turned out to be a great thing because of the fact that I had to spend some time and "study the package" and also for my concience - I didn't want the customer to come in and see that I had the plane done BEFORE I got his stuff done ya see!!! His stuff was done last summer and I had alot of other projects to do since then but now I am ready to start on this baby!

The reason I decided to do a build thread on this project is because of a couple of reasons (good ones I might add LOL!) One is that if I do this, I will be obligated to get it done in a reasonable ammount of time. Two, I will do a more meticulas job! Three, after looking for over a year for a build thread for this bird, there aren't any out there and I have really scoured the internet looking for one. 4. I hope to spark some intrest in others that have this beautiful and unique plane into starting their own and getting these "antique things of beauty" in the air!!!!!
So, I got started today!!!


Now there were alot of hardware parts missing in the box. That is ok, I just had to improvise. Yesterday, I went to serveral hardware stores to see if I could find any of the male/female ends that connect the ailerons to the wingtips and flaps because of course, there were none. But, I found some hardware that looked close to it. I found a product that would work, I thought for a few bucks, why not try it? so I purchased a couple of packages of them. Here is what they were. (the first image)[img][/img]

Now obviously, I didn't need the glides themselves! I put them into a drawer somewhere and I just wanted the plastic elevation adjusters. I took them and drilled a 1/4" hole in the ends of them and used my belt sander to thin down the lip of them very thin. I inserted a 1/4" aluminum rod in one of them and glued it into the wingtip. I then did the other side. On the side where the aileron butts up against the flap, I inserted one there, snapped in the aileron, sanded everything down evenly and whala! done. I got the flaps, ailerons, wingtips with ailerons installed today. I was going to put the aileron/flap covers on today but I didn't have any 1/32 light ply to make them. Off to the Hobby shop tomorrow.
Here are some pictures of my progress today. The first pic is the glides and the plasic elevators that I used. The second is the wingtip stud installed before sanding and the next two are of the completed aileron/flap assembly. Neat thing about this design is that it is strong, and can be taken apart if need be.