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N177CT will be the subject of this model.  A big thank you to the owner of the full scale for replying to my letter with some excellent pictures to use as documentation.

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All the pieces laid out for the two wing panels

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First panel framing together

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Both wing panels framed up and set to dry overnight

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AHHH SHEAR-WEBS!!! MY NEMESIS!!!  Both they are neccessary to a strong wing.

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Top of the first panel sheeted.  This was done in three sections: LE to front spar, front spar to rear spar, and rear spar to TE.

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Mustang comparison
The A-36 fuse next to our GSP P-51 for comparison.

Shadows
Sitting in the setting sun

Hmmm
Contemplating the first flight.

Bombers
The Helldiver with the Apache

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The Helldiver with the Apache

Apache-1
At the field, ready to go.

Apache-2
At the field, ready to go.

Apache-3
At the field, ready to go.

Apache-4
At the field, ready to go.

The A-36 and I
Posing with the Apache before its maiden flight.

Crash-1
The wreckage from flight #2

Crash-2
The wreckage from flight #2

Fuse Frames
Fuselage taking shape

Gear and Tail
Landing gear and tail feathers in place

Cockpit
Turtledeck and cockpit area completed.

Wings on
Wing panel test fit.

Wings
Wing panels taking shape.

Bare Bones
Construction complete. Ready for Monokote

X-Mas 2010
On Display at Advance Auto Parts as part of their 2010 Christmas display.

Cap In Store
Cap being photographed for an article in "Front Runner", Advance Auto Parts' employee magazine. (Jan. 2011)

Me with Cap
Me with the Cap being photographed for an article in "Front Runner", Advance Auto Parts' employee magazine. (Jan 2011)

Cap with Sign
Me with the Cap being photographed for an article in "Front Runner", Advance Auto Parts' employee magazine. (Jan. 2011)

Cap with Car
Cap with one of the delivery vehicles being photographed for an article in "Front Runner", Advance Auto Parts' employee magazine. (Jan. 2011)

Cap 21
Cap at the field ready for its first flight. (June 2011)

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Cessna 182

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Cessna 182

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Cessna 182

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Cessna 182

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Cessna 182 post crash

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Cessna 182

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Christen Eagle II

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Me and the Christen Eagle II

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Christen Eagle II

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Christen Eagle II

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Christen Eagle II

E4-1
Ready for its maiden

Me and E4
Me with the E4 after completion.

E4 Cockpit
E4 cockpit

Ready for a mission
E4 waiting for its first mission

E4 Touching Down
Hitting the numbers at Sunnyvale RC Park.

Heading out.
On take-off

FE4 Fly-By
E4 on a photo pass.

Dr1-1
Sittin pretty

Dr1-2
On attack!

Dr1-3
Ready for take-off

Dr1 at dusk
Dr.1 on Dusk Patrol

Dr1 pair
My Dr.1 with Bob Einwalters at a fly-in in Madison, WI

D7 front quarter
D7 front quarter

D7 Rear quarter
D7 Rear quarter

D7 and Me
Me and the D.VII

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Engine details on my D.VII

Fuse frame
Fuse taking shape

Fuse framing
bottom half going on

On its feet
On its feet for the first time

Cowl and spats
Cowl and spats fitted

Ready for Stits
Fuse ready for fabric

Fuse in fabric
Fuse covered with Stits

Ready for primer
Ready for priming

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Chart tape laid down for panel lines

Masked
fabric areas of fuse masked off

Primed
solid areas of fuse primed

Tapes removed
Chart tapes removed and final coat of primer applied

Silver fuse
Fuse with silver paint applied

D21-1
Ready for flight

D21-2
Ready for flight

D21 and me
Me and the D21 before its maiden

Final check
Final check of the controls

Contact!
Firing up the G-38. My Dad assisting.

Photo pass
The D.XXI on a photo pass during the test flight.

Retrieval
Fetching the D.XXI after an axle failure on its first landing.

Back to the pits
Walking back with my Dad after a successful first flight.

Back to the pits
Walking back with my Dad after a successful first flight.

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Fuse frame completed

tail rotor
Tail rotor assembly mounted on the fuse

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skids completed and mounted to the main frame

cockpit
Cockpit base in place

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Outdoor light globe

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Globe cut for windshield

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Windshield in place and pilot trying it out.

Me and the H13
Me and the Sioux

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Hovering

Hovering
Hovering

Winding up
Winding up for lift-off.

P51-1
P-51D "The Flying Undertaker"

P-51 and crew
Me and my Dad flying the Undertaker

Tom's Mustang
My dad and his P-51

PT-23 Sunshine
PT-23 in the setting sun

PT and Me
Me and the PT-23

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PT-23 engine details

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PT-23

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PT-23

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PT-23

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PT-23 on take-off

PT in Dayton
Me and PT in Dayton 2002

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taxiing out for another training mission.

PT damage
PT-19 after hitting a bush at Sunnyvale RC Park (June 11, 2011)

Construction
Helldiver during construction (2000)

First Fly-In
At the Fondy Airshow June 2005

Me and my Beast
Me and the Helldiver after getting it all detailed out.

Ready to go
Waiting for its next mission

DIVE!
Dive sequence composite

Divers
In formation with Bill Mikesell's Dauntless in Owatonna, MN 2005

EAA-1
At the 2007 EAA Airventure with the CAF's SB2C

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At the 2007 EAA Airventure with the CAF's SB2C

EAA-3
At the 2007 EAA Airventure with the CAF's SB2C and our crew

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Touching down at the Indiana Warbird Campaign in 2007

Wingtip
Tip stall during the 2008 Warbirds and Classics Over the Midwest event

SB2C
Nice photo pass caught by Palmer Johnson.

Nieuport 17-1
My new Nieuport 17 that I got for Christmas.

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Another shot of my new Nieuport 17

Indoor planes
My new Nieuport with my Tiger Moth

Phantom Prop-Jet
Exceed RC F-4 Phantom converted to a prop jet. Never flew right.

Min-E Scorpion
My own design built from balsa and covered with Monokote. Flew throughout the summer of 2009.

F4D Skyray
Fan-Tastic Models F4D Skyray. GWS EDF-40 fan never had enough power. Added a 300 brushed motor and Gunther prop as a pusher and it became ballistic. Unfortunately it's 10" wingspan made it hard to see at high speed. I over corrected and shredded it through a tree.

Corvair
My own design. Not enough yaw stability for slow flight, not enough power for high speed flight. Gave up on the design.

Corvair-2
My own design. Not enough yaw stability for slow flight, not enough power for high speed flight. Gave up on the design.

Gentle Lady
Goldberg Gentle Lady as it was originally built.

Up Up and AWAY!
Gentle Lady on climb-out

GL Flight
Nice leisurely flight out behind the house.

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My old Senior Kadet doing some ski flying winter of 2010

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My old Senior Kadet doing some ski flying winter of 2010

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My old Senior Kadet doing some ski flying winter of 2010

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My old Senior Kadet doing some ski flying winter of 2010

Fun One
Great Planes Fun One. Flew it a couple times but lost interest and sold it.

Fun 1
Great Planes Fun One. Flew it a couple times but lost interest and sold it.

Indoor Electrics
My indoor fleet at the start of the 2011 winter season. (11/27/11)

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My Thunder Tiger Raptor 30 doing its thing.

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My Thunder Tiger Raptor 30 doing its thing.

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A great shot of my Raptor 30 by the lovely Nicole Joswiak.

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One of the many Nexus 30's. This one completed June 2011.

Helis
The Raptor with a Nexus June 2011.

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The Raptor with a Nexus June 2011.

PT-19 Damaged
The damaged PT-19. This is the airframe I am restoring into a PT-23.

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Prospective color scheme. I stole the markings from a BT-13, but since the PT is just a "fun" plane, it's scale enough.

Wing before
The wing after the crash.

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All the components (servos, hatches, landing gear) removed from the wing. Now for the fabric.

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Fabric stripped off. Internal damage can now be assessed and recontruction can begin.

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All of the chaos is actually holding the wing pieces aligned. Ready for the spar splices.

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3/8" x 1/4" spruce spar splices glued into place.

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The wing in one piece again with new leading edge.

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A glance down the wing to check for twists. All looks good.

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Stopped at Radio Shack to entertain an idea I have, functioning nav lights.

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First attempt at nav lights.

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Lights in dim light.

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New forward rib in place and shaped. Also reinforced the spar seams with carbon fiber laminate.

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New sheeting glued on and leading edge carved to shape.

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1/8" lite ply web being epoxied into place.

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First new wingtip finished with mount for the nav light. You can also see further back that I found another section of sheeting that needed replacement.

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Nav light mount on the new wingtip.

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Missing rib recreated with 1/4x1/2 balsa sanded to the proper curvature.

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Wing repairs complete. Coat of lightweight spackle smeared on the surface for final smoothing.

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Wing finish sanded. Inside of flaps, landing gear mounts. and hinge lines sprayed with silver paint. I painted the hinge lines since I won't be able to cover them with the hinges already installed.

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Making up the wiring harness for the wing.

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Wiring harness installed. The wing is now ready for Monokote.

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Front sheeting removed

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Engine box cut off and sanded smooth with the front bulkhead.

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New front bulkhead and firewall in place.

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New 3/32" balsa sheeting on.

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Front ring carved from 1/2" balsa

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New cockpit sheeting and a coat of lightweight spackle smeared on.

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Fuse sanded out and new cockpit openings cut

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Monokote finally done

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Monokote finally done

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3/8" balsa cut to shape for the back of the radial's crankcase

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Crankcase framed up and Wasp cylinder set in place.

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Ply mount for the radial cut and screwed to 3/4" MDF spacers.

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MDF spacers

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Mount glued into place.

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Rings routered out for the cylinders

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Crankcase glued to the mount and all 5 cylinders set into position

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Front of crankcase carved from 1-1/8" balsa

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Dummy radial removed from the plane

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Crankcase glassed with Poly-Brush. Ran out of lacquer :-)

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Throtle servo and linkage in place.

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Glassed crankcase test-fit with the cylinders

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Front view. Aluminum flew tubing set into place to replicate the exhaust ring.

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Zenoah GT-80 muffler installed.

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Muffler cut into fuselage. Near scale location, but on wrong side of the fuse.

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Firewall area painted silver then sealed with epoxy. Panels taped off for aluminum front ring.

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Aluminum tape applied to front surface.

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Outside edge smoothed down

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Excess trimmed off

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Aluminum tape finished

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Tape burnished with a Scotch-Brite pad.

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Cockpit area taped off and sanded dull for the antiglare

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Fuse taped off, and flat black sprayed

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Tape removed.

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Battery and switch for the nav lights wired up

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All the nav light components in place.

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Nav light system all wired up

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Outside to see how the lights look

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Four switch locations drilled. Nav lights switch installed.

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Inside sides of the cockpits painted gray, masks removed from the instrument panels

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Fuel and smoke lines plumbed

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Cockpit coaming, windscreens, and pilot mounted. Dummy radial has been sprayed with satin clear.

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Stripe layed in place and traced with a Sharpie

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Top Flite Woodpecker used to perforate the surface beneath the stripe

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With the stripes on I could mount the gear.

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US insignia graphics applied

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On its feet as a PT-23 for the first time

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Sharpie taped to a compass to draw a curve 2" from the fillet.

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Wing walks masked off.

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Finished wing walks

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I used Rust-Oleum 'Textured' black paint for the wing walks. Gives a good illusion of a non-slip surface.

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All set together with all the markings applied.

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Tex Hill's TBD Devastator as seen in "Dive Bomber" a 1941 movie. This is the color scheme I'm hoping to reproduce.

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Wing parts ready to be cut

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First wing panel assembled without glue.

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First problem! The parts don't seem to be lining up with the print. Found out the plan was scaled slightly when I printed it. Reprinted it without scaling and everything lined up perfect.

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First panel glued up.

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Sub spars, sub leading edge, aileron trailing edge, and sheeting above flap added to stabilize panel.

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Top sheeting beginning to go on.

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Both panles roughed in. Ready for joining.

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Wing-joiner bolt assembly. 1" dowel cut 3/4" long and drilled to clear an 8-32 bolt. 8-32 blind nut glued to one end and a #8 washer glued to the other. This assembly will get cut in half at an angle and glued to each side of the joining ribs.

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Wing joiner bolts in place on the center rib.

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Another angle of the wing-joiner bolt assembly.

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Cardboard tube sleeve slid over one side of the aluminum tubes. Wing is assembled over them. Once aligned the sleeves are glued into the first panel.

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Another shot of the wing during assembly.

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Wing tubes glued into the wing panel. You can see the aluminum tubes between the two separated panels. This wing will break into halves for transport.

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The wing tube holes in the ribs needed to be enlarged to allow for proper alignment of the wing panels. To tighten this joint, lite ply donuts were cut and glued to each side of the ribs to secure the wing tube sleeves.

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Top sheeting can now be finished.

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Top of one panel finished, one to go. The notch at the trailing edge of the wing at the center section is there to clear the fins of the torpedo.

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The stock DuBro 5-1/2" wheels and Robart 154 retracts which were salvaged from my ill-fated A-36 Apache.

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The wheels were left in the freezer for about a week to stiffen the foam up, then a 1/4" bolt was tightened through the hub.

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The wheel was then chucked into my high-speed drill and the tread filed off and smoothed using the belt on my belt sander. Note for this the belt sander was left off and the wheel was spun using the drill. Having both on caused the wheel to bounce too much.

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The stock Robart leg. Appropriate for a Mustang, not so much for a TBD.

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The fork was cut-off, then the weld joint was smoothed down. A hole was drilled through to accept a 1/4" bolt to be used as the axle.

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The completed landing gear set into place in the wing. Looks about right, a set of hubcaps should complete the look.

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The gear in the retracted position.

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