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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 07-Feb-16 12:51 |  |
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| SO, I make the two hour trip to Sioux Falls yesterday to take the wife to a Mall and I can visit the one Hobby Shop that is still open within a 150 mile radius. TUrns out that there is nice young guy managing it now but when I pointed out that he was out of Nitrate Dope, he wanted to know if that was a brand name or the name of it's manufacturer (sigh). We are truly dinosaurs. At least Drodak & Sig are still around. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 05-Feb-16 14:45 |  |
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| another shot of the assembledge. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 05-Feb-16 14:44 |  |
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| Took some time to assemble the bones today and check the fit everything. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 02-Feb-16 13:05 |  |
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| BTW. Weather Report for NW Iowa: 10-14" wet snow & 30-50 MPH winds. At least teh Darn Caucuses are over and evrybody has moved on. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 01-Feb-16 14:53 |  |
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| THis is my "proof of concept" test piece. As I mentioned aearlier, I've never built a covered wing before so I am trying out various methods of covering it. I have tried the dope/thinner covering method, the glue stick method and several mixes of water and water/alcohol to shrink the tissue, just to get comfortable with how to proceed. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 01-Feb-16 14:49 |  |
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| All of the wing bones and "N" struts done. Now I have to cut away the ailerons before final sanding and sealing. |
