Painting the Body Grey Complete

Painting of the grey on the body is complete, removed the masking and putty and got a nice gradient as I was hoping for. This will be a technique I to reuse…

Masking the Body

Preparing to paint the final color on the body of the aircraft. Using a new technique I discovered where I use putty delimit the area I want to be masked. I then used Glad Press & Seal to cover the area I wanted to protect. The putty is round and will allow for a more natural gradient of paint when spraying.

I’ve seen some pretty nice results unsung similar techniques and am hoping for the same results…

Vertical Stabilizer

The vertical stabilizer has been completed, the sprayed water has dried and the tissue is tight/strong.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Completed the horizontal stabilizer today.  The picture show the water sprayed I just sprayed onto the tissue, once dry it will stretch and tighten.

Rounded Wing Edges

I thought that rounding off the wing edges would be difficult but the balsa wood made if very easy to sand.

Wing Supports

Completed adding the support pieces for the wing struts, this wing is starting to take shape!

Raising the Wings

Completed installing the wing struts, had some fun raising each wing and ensuring that both sides were at the same height.

Wings!

Started work on the 27.5" wings and they are very large, so large that they passed my sheet of cardboard underneath the plan by just a small amount. Casey and Terry are often checking to see what's new with the kit as the build is going very fast, glad to see they have an interest in the project.

Horizontal Stabilizer + Propeller Issues

Completed the horizontal stabilizer tonight. While working on it I noticed something in the plan which can be seen in the photo, the propeller has three blades yet the kit has a two blade version. After doing some reading I found out that I am supposed to make a three blade version out of balsa wood based on the two bade version! I'm not a happy camper...

Vertical Stabilizer

This weekend I completed the vertical stabilizer... Felt I better attack both vertical and horizontal stabilizers before proceeding with the larger wing.