Ryan, Rick, Greg, Juan, James, Gary, Stephan, and Giuseppe, thanks for the compliments. I do enjoy the metal working parts.
A quick update here. I've been working on getting the forward fuse put together, and I have to wait for some glued parts to fully cure before moving forward, so I jumped around a bit.
The forward fuse sheet metal that fairs in the round engine to the rectangular fuse seems to be a flat piece that was just screwed down on the fuse. The plastic parts needed a little coaxing in the form of some pre-shaping. I need to wait for these parts to dry before continuing to work on them.
I sanded the airfoil shape in the bottom wing core. The upper surface skin is visible in the picture.
How to get the wing skin to glue down to the wing core took some thinking ahead. I came up with this method. The partially inflated plastic bag (packing material) applies even pressure all over the wing as the glue sets. The weights add pressure to hold the skin against the core so it conforms well.
With the fuse and wing set aside, I started on the cockpit instruments. I like these Airscale instrument face decals. Here I am parting off the clock bezel.
Here are the instruments: Tachometer, airspeed indicator, leather encased altimeter, clock, and pulsometer. The tach has the four tabs on it for mounting. I don't know why the altimeter is in a leather case. Maybe they were susceptible to vibration?
Still lots to do...
