Good evening! All the ply has been put onto the model. Whoopee! The struts got more planing and sanding to shape. Their ends are getting drilled starting with small diameter bits and working up to 1/8". It is very tedious drilling end grain wood! Images will get uploaded whenever the website allows it. I hate frickin' computers and related computer crap!
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After some set backs with the Motyl build I thought I'd give that one a rest and work on the Professor. The last bits 1/64" of ply are being put onto the fuselage. Lot of cutting, trial fittings and sanding going on here. I do the sanding out doors so am glad the weather is nice! Some filler is let into the open are where the skid is so that 1/64" ply can be glued in place here as a fairing.
After the glue dries on the filler pieces in last pic the rest of the ply gets put in place and the skinning will be done! The struts will get finish sanded then their end fittings will get fabricated and inserted.
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Wow! This build is coming on a year since started. How 'tempus fugit'! The struts were sawn from spruce stock obtained from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty. Before sawing the board was clamped to the bench and a belt sander was run across each end each side to taper the ends properly. Before sanding, a line was penciled onto the ends dividing the upper side from the lower side equally. After cutting struts from the board they were roughly carved to an airfoil shape using a sharp knife. The belt sander was clamped to the bench this time then the struts were sanded to a finer shape free hand. Then they were hand sanded to 'finish grade'. I'm 'pooped' after all of this sanding work. Next, the wing will be offered to the fuselage so that the struts and their fittings can be set.
Good night!
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It surely won't happen this year. In fact, I may have to rebuild the Elevators. They're too narrow at the fuse to get full Down travel.
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That's what I was thinking. Thanks for confirming. I set my project aside to do some smaller ones first. I'll get back to it this winter again.
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Hey TJ, the pic shows my left hand holding the tool. The big brush will be in the right. The brush is loaded with dope. Apply the lots of dope to the tool and as the dope seeps through the fabric of the tool (the same fabric with which you cover the air frame) it will get spread to the model's fabric as you drag the tool across the fabric. Surface tension and capillary forces are at work so the dope won't get pushed through the model's fabric to unreachable places!
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I'm not sure I fully understand your Dope Spreading Tool, but the finished product looks great! Maiden should be soon, huh?
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