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Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| poppy | Sterling Great Lakes Special | Build | 14-Mar-11 12:02 |  |
| Views : 1159 |
| All Covered. It's been quite some time since I covered a bare skeleton with silkspan. I am a little out of practice. |
| poppy | Sterling Great Lakes Special | Build | 07-Mar-11 16:43 |  |
| Views : 1135 |
| Clarence thinks it's OK. |
| poppy | Sterling Great Lakes Special | Build | 07-Mar-11 16:43 |  |
| Views : 1044 |
| I decided to add the cockpit coaming now so's I wouldn't punch my fingers through covering. |
| poppy | Sterling Great Lakes Special | Build | 07-Mar-11 16:41 |  |
| Views : 1139 |
| Mock-up. Fuselage stringers doubled as are ribs on tailfeathers. The cockpit floorboards and instrument panel are in place. |
| poppy | Sterling Great Lakes Special | Build | 05-Mar-11 19:14 |  |
| Views : 1038 |
| On the outer wing panels, I doubled the number of ribs, while leaving the spar notches on the kit's ribs in place, I re-cut all to accept a 1/8"x1/4" basswood spar. I also built with no dihedral on either wing to match the real one. |
| poppy | Sterling Great Lakes Special | Build | 05-Mar-11 19:11 |  |
| Views : 1043 |
| Wings slightly modified from plans. |