The Fuselage kit is the next step in complexity. During the Empennage, the manual guides you through every building step like a checklist. With the Wings it’s more condensed and the assumption is that you learn during building the Empennage and use that experience with the Wings. The Fuselage consists […]
With the few Aluminum parts, which are part of the Firewall assembly, primed, I can now start riveting the Firewall together. I decided to use the back-riveting technique, mainly because it produces a nice result. Notice the hole in the middle of the Firewall with the cleco’s and the painters […]
The first item on the Fuselage list is preparing the firewall. The firewall is a steel plate that separates the engine from the cockpit. I have to create a bracket from a thick angle piece. I had still a piece of the same angle from the Wing kit, so I […]
When I received the Fuselage kit, the crate was damaged (Inventory). According to the truck driver the crate was damaged when loading it in his truck. At close-up there was a pretty big “dent” in the bottom side. I immediately checked the kit parts close to the hole in the […]
Finally I received the Fuselage kit. It’s always hard to predict when you will finish the previous kit and when to order the next. Take into account a 2 months lead team and 2 weeks of shipping when ordering. As you can see in the back the wings are nearly […]