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raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild10-Feb-16 11:17
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Covered the face of the board with parchament paper to prevent glue sticking to it.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild10-Feb-16 11:15
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I feel like a cobbler. Small brads driven into the edge of the board at every other 3/32" mark.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild10-Feb-16 11:12
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Defaced the fine looking board with some lines: 3/32" on both faces.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild10-Feb-16 11:11
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Fine looking piece of board,eh? Lets see what I can do with it.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild07-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.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild05-Feb-16 14:45
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another shot of the assembledge.
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raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild05-Feb-16 14:44
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Took some time to assemble the bones today and check the fit everything.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianReference02-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.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild01-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.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild01-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.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild01-Feb-16 14:44
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To carry on the conversation that DD started: The engine structure here was wrapped with 1/16" SOFT balsa. I edge-glued sheets together with Cyno then sprayed it down with WIndex, wrapped it around a piece of PVC pipe about the right diameter and let it dry overnight, The sheeting was CYno'd to the structure and trimmed. The front fairing was tacked to the fuselage, sprayed with Windex, then held in place with painters tape until dry (X 2 to get the other side). IT may be just my imagination, but the Windex seems to have just enough Ammonia in it to really relax the wood grain.
raylScratch Built Loening OL-8 AmphibianBuild31-Jan-16 14:38
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Detretuis from converting about 10 ft of 1/8" X 5/16" basswood to airfoil shaped strut material. Now I just have to figure out how to make the joints in the "N" struts.
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