Going All-Out With A Classic Balsa B-17-F – Part 19 I’m going to pick up right where we left off the last time we got to work on the B-17. You may remember that I explained why I felt that those really lightweight plastic cowls needed some stiffening so they’d stand up well over time […]
Going All-Out With A Classic Balsa B-17-F – Part 18 As it turned out I decided to finish-sand those overlap-joint-buildups later, as part of another big sanding task that’s coming up soon. Instead, we are starting off this time with some of the final details of the flap and aileron installations. There’s going to be […]
Going All-Out With A Classic Balsa B-17-F – Part 17 It has been a while since we did any work on the B-17. Several months ago I hinted that there might be some changes in the works, and left it at that. In fact I have been busier than you want to know with some […]
Restoring A Classic PT-19 (Model) Airplane – Part 4 JULY 17, 2016… A NOTE TO ALL MY READERS: As you may have noticed I have not been posting material as often as in the past. Over the past year my wife and I have been involved 24/7 as the only caregivers for an elderly family […]
Restoring a Classic PT-19 (Model) Airplane – Part 3 We left off last time with plenty of work to do on the tail surfaces…let’s get going on that. PT-19-54 I made a pattern, then traced and cut out four identical 1/64” plywood skins. PT-19-55 Here’s one of them all ready to attach. […]
Restoring A Classic PT-19 (Model) Airplane – Part 2 Last time I shared the story of how I got this PT-19 model and chose to do this restoration project, and we made a good start looking at things that were wrong with it (and needed to be fixed). This time we’ll get in to some […]
Restoring A Classic PT-19 (Model) Airplane – Part 1 A note to my readers: You were expecting to see the next installment of the B-17 project here. Don’t worry, that model is alive and well in my shop but I elected to take it “out of the spotlight” for a while to concentrate on getting […]
Going All-Out With A Classic Balsa B-17-F – Part 16 This is going to be my last session working on the B-17 fuselage for a while. There is a lot of work on the wing left to be done to get it up to the same level of completion. You have probably already figured out […]
Going All-Out With A Classic Balsa B-17-F – Part 15 This session is going to be about the first of a series of steps that have got to come before I can think about doing any “fine detailing” on the fuselage, let alone get into “finishing” (a paint job). Just as with the wing, along […]
Going All-Out With A Classic Balsa B-17-F – Part 14 I finished the last work session on the B-17 fuselage by sharing my decision on the best way to go about sheeting/skinning the framework. Just so you know, what we’re doing does not qualify as “planking”…that’s a somewhat different process based on using lots of […]