Small Flying Arts

Mike

Your Taylorcraft looks good. Do you remember the Hi Flyers that Allan Schanzle used to build so many years ago?

Pat Daily

I did some more covering and pulled the nose block. I modified the nose slightly, just enough to remove the hi flier bearing parts. Fit's well enough. If I make another one I'll raise it off the vacuum form by about 1/8". Now it's down to the details. I'll start cutting out the registration numbers tonight.
Mike
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Thanks Guy's,
It's the details that slow me down. That and having to redo my mistakes! After covering the rudder in yellow I happened to glance at the box art, sure enough, it's blue. So the tissue was sanded off and recovered in blue. I've also started covering the wing. The center section will be blue (like the box art!)
Mike
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Looks nice Mike. I am impressed with your speed of building, I time my builds by geological ages so yours is just zooming along!
Tim

Nice pace and nice build. If you keep this building speed, you can fly it at the weekend;-)
Lookg great so far.
Roman

I started covering! I also put in the landing gear wire and made a noseplug to fit the styrene parts. I still haven't pulled the styrene but hope to do that this week. I haven't tried putting on the wing registration before I cover but I'm considering it. I've alway's put them on after covering and usually have pretty good luck doing it that way, but I can see the advantages of the other way. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Mike
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I admit, I do work on models during my lunch. I like to cut out parts ahead of time for the next build. I am currently cutting out parts for the GAR Stormovik. I found a color view that I really like although it's not the nice and easy winter scheme. So far it's at the top of the list for my next build. Unfortunately my build list changes quickly, I recently cut out the parts for the GAR P-51 when it was on the top of the list... last week.
I didn't do much on the Taylorcraft yesterday and today. I added a few stringers and the instrument panel to the front. Mostly I worked on the plastic parts. Originally I was going to build the kit, that's why I built right off the plan. Believe me, it wasn't easy sticking a pin in the original plan. But, I wasn't using the original wood and the tissue is the wrong color for the box art so I started thinking of maybe saving the kit after all. I ended up making molds of the styrene parts. I wiped the inside of the styrene with vaseline and used Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty. I wasn't happy with the first set so I made a second set. One of these will work.
Mike
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I tried building one of these kits a work years ago during lunch. I quit after a time because I just could not get into the mood while at work. Your build is looking very nice.

Here we go, fuselage mostly boxed up. I will be adding some landing gear wire as well as a balsa brace going up aprox 1/3 of the way into the fuselage. I haven't decided if I'm going to paint the fuselage before I cover it. It's not painted on the box art but it's something little that can make a big difference. I'm also going to make the styrene nose removable. I know that I'm losing some nose length but I'm not looking to get great flights out of this. Sixty seconds would be more than enough for me.
Mike
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Started on the fuselage today. One side done already, woo hoo! At this rate I'll be done in a week or two. Here's my first modification. I moved up the peg location one bay. Barely started on the second side but moving along nicely.
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