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| With
the holidays behind me, it was back to work. I have 2 ailerons and 2
flaps, so that means the wing is close to being done. I need to
drill the bolt plate on the wing and then tap the wing mounting
block on the fuselage for the nylon mounting screws. The wing still
needs to be finished sanded and have a few dings in it filled and then
I need to start putting it all together. I still need to make all
the windows for the cockpit and I am not quite sure how I am going to
accomplish this. Ed supplied me with a couple of ideas which I am going
to try. More later, Dave |
My company has decided that I need to be working overtime and it has really cut into my airplane time. I now have the wing attached to the fuselage and the bolt plate has been drilled and tapped. |
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| II had some gaps under the wing so I used micro balloon's and epoxy finishing resin to fill the void. I taped wax paper onto the wing and then bolted the wing on the plane. I mixed it up real thick and used a popsicle stick to force the mixture in the gaps. Once dry it was sanded to match the sides of the fuselage. | I think I have tried everything for my windows and I have reverted back to what I know. I made some exact plugs out of wood and then tried to form the windows with all sorts of different plastics and heat. No luck at all. I am thinking I really need a vacuum former to make it work correctly. |
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| I dug out the Dremel tool and the router attachment and cut a grove in the wood the thickness of the plastic. I then cut out oversize windows and glued them into the groove that I had cut. I have since discovered that the depth of the groove was not exact all the way around and in some spots the plastic is higher than the wood. The plastic does sand smooth down to the level of the wood, however even using 600 grit sand paper the plastic got scratched and a test painting revealed the scratches are permanent and will not be hidden by paint and primer. | I tried to remove one of the windows and that was going to destroy all the surrounding wood, so it just went to Ultracoat covering which will cover up my sanding. The last L-19 that I did was in Air Force colors and Ed Wiese told me that the only thing that was wrong with my plane was that it was not an Army version. I found a nice 3 view of an Army L-19, so hopefully this one will get past Ed's inspection. |
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| I
picked it up again having found some .30 mil clear plastic in Grants
Pass on one of my many trips there as of late. I know that the .20 mil
was to thin and not very user friendly when bending it. With the .30, I
cut out the pattern and spent the next 2 hours trimming it to
fit. I very carefully used my Monokote Heat Gun and formed it to the
shape I needed for the rear window. |
I
was able to make it happen using clamps to hold it in place on the top
and then ever so carefully rolling it around the corners and into the
grooves that I had cut. I am sure there are better ways to do it,
so please let me know if you have one. It is no where near
perfect, however for stand off scale it is hard to see the
imperfections. Now for the windshield, another challenge. |
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