The completion of the aft deck was as satisfying as the initial fit. Again, this area just fit together beautifully, with all lines parallel, and the aft end of the piece lining up in every aspect with the aft bulkhead. Again, a testament to the kit quality, not necessarily the build or builder here.
The aft fuselage deck, or stabilizer deck, was fitted. This required leveling the whole fuse–which was 90% there from the careful work done during the flip. Often, adjustment is necessary in a build to get this piece level with all other pieces. Not the case with my build, though I don’t think that is necessarily […]
A special episode looking back at one year of building.
I noted that when I was little, these things were called fins. That keeps going through my mind as I sand away at the filler and primer, staring at the metal structure. The fin is almost done. Fin tip is final sanded, and needs only one more coat of primer. Rudder tip primed with filling […]
A lot of Bondo added to the tips, and again, 99% sanded off. Well, maybe not 99%. It takes a bit of thickness to get these lines to flow. More than the elevators. It’s looking good. Final sanding and primer tomorrow.
Well, the tips are done. For now. I’ve left them unriveted, and there’s still some pinholes left to fix before paint. Again, gotta leave something for the painter, right? I’m really happy these came out well. Taking some time here paid off. I’ll leave them unrevited for now, and package up these pieces to allow […]
Progress on the tips. They’re really coming together and nearly complete. (Or complete enough for me—have to save some work for the painter.) I staggered production and was using body filler to fill small low spots, final sanding, filling primer, and final primer on all parts at different times. This kept me hopping and progress […]
I touched up the tips with some auto body filler. Used sparingly, it offers a quick drying, small batch solution for some low spots. It does dry harder than the epoxy-flox, so sanding is a bit of chore to ensure high spots don’t turn to low spots. First coat of high build primer was added […]