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Ziroli 92" P-47
selleri:
Short kit from a company called Laser Lizard, canopy, cowling and plans via Model Images(now defunct) in the UK.
International project, among the suppliers are: Model Images, Laser Lizard, Fighter Aces, Ashtek, ModelExpress(is), S.M. Services, Bobs Hobby Center, Fibretech.
selleri:
Then came summer and we pick up the thread on October 20th 2007.
Next up hinges. Nothing new here, drew a centerline on the surfaces, mated them marked the hinges location, then drew a vertical line on each surface and drilled the resulting +. Result was 16 lined up holes for the hinges. You can just about make them out on the third picture down.
What is happening? Well this was supposed to be a scale-ish build of some sort so I better make some effort along those lines.
Don't think I can complain about it, looks decent enough I hope.
Next I decided to tackle the fin and rudder, mainly because the parts kept getting in my way Not much to say about it, nice and simple wood frame, if everything that needs to is kept square we are well on our way to happiness and eternal nirvana. Next up is adding a wood block to the bottom of the rudder and setting up a control horn.
Got to put some effort into this scale thingy... made this little sanding block.
So I could sand down the trailing edge of the stabilizer.
And put some plywood there.
Then we got something that looks like this.
I put plywood on the elevator so I could screw the control horns to something more substantial than balsa.
That was then covered with 1/4" balsa.
Back to the tail gear.
The tailwheel has been linked up and is working fine.
Here I've started to sand down the blocks I'll fasten the door hinges too. As the hatch isn't straight I'll need to get the right radius on the blocks so it's easiest to put some sandpaper over the spot where the blocks go and rub the blocks over it, then it acquires the radius from the surface.
Here we are, I've got to finish the edges a little bit more.
And open, notice the plywood on the front and back that keeps the doors from going too far down to hatch.
Everything is in it's place and seems to fit.
selleri:
I used cloth and epoxy from Fibretech, you can get the cloth in many sizes and weights.
I've raised the stabilizer and cleaned the surface.
Playing cards were used to spread out the epoxy.
You don't need much epoxy.
Started by putting a small amount of epoxy on the middle of the stab, then I spread it out, first along the stab then across it.
You need to spread it well as we don't want to see any "puddles" on the cloth.
On the right trailing edge you can see cloth that has still to receive epoxy, the lighter areas on the left trailing edge are because of the white filler I used.
I used clothing pegs to keep the cloth hanging over the edges.
Here you can see the amount of epoxy I was left with after finishing the stab, you really don't need much.
Just to be safe I went over the wing with paper to get any extra epoxy.
I did not find much.
I did the elevators too.
Now you see that it pays to make sure that the epoxy goes beyond the edge of the surface. Light stroke with a sanding block.
And then we get this fine cut, where space is restricted you can cut the epoxy soaked cloth.
billscottni:
That looks like a cracking build. Lots of work in real wood and no EPP or EPS in site. Lovely. Proves there are still "builders" out there. Jug has always been a favourite.
selleri:
Cheers mate.
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