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| pfinn | Jetco Dayton-Wright RB-1 | Build | 16-Jan-11 20:16 |  |
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| The scanned and then copied formers on the plan turned out to be distorted as well as some of the notches were quite off. I redrew them taking measurements off the side and top views to get the correct sizes and positions. |
| pfinn | Jetco Dayton-Wright RB-1 | Build | 16-Jan-11 20:11 |  |
| Views : 937 |
| The "Stix-It" actually sat for a couple days before I had a chance to heat bond them together. Worked fine. I also laminated the same matl's with white glue. The white glue yielded a more rigid plank. I believe that just a bit of "Resiliancy" or "Give" is a bit more durable. Hence my choice of using the S-I for these particular parts. |
| pfinn | Jetco Dayton-Wright RB-1 | Build | 16-Jan-11 20:04 |  |
| Views : 987 |
| I laminated two 1/32" inch Balsa sheets "Crossgrain" to make a more rigid fuselage formers. The forward three formers have a silk layer laminated in between. The silk was doped to the wood first, then, as with the Balsa only laminate, I used "Stix-It" heat activated adesive to join. This worked very well. I used our houshold iron to bond them together. |
| CPN | Comet F6F Hellcat | Parked | 16-Jan-11 13:51 |  |
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| Here you can see the carved cowl and the capopy detail. This thing is going to be heavy but tough, like all Grumman products. |
| CPN | Comet F6F Hellcat | Parked | 16-Jan-11 13:50 |  |
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| Here are some cowl details. I have some more work to do on the bottom exhaust oulet and some smoothing of the cowl flaps to do. |
| CPN | Comet F6F Hellcat | Parked | 16-Jan-11 13:49 |  |
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| Covered in Silkspan. The fin is attached, the movable rudder will come later. The bump underneath the tail is the arresting hook fairing. |
