Author Archives: pclifton

Left flap riveting

Posted on April 8, 2015 by pclifton

So I haven’t been especially productive the past week or so, but tonight I finally got back out and got some stuff done. I started out by doing the solo riveting on the left flap: riveting the ribs to the … Continue reading →

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Right flap riveting again

Posted on April 2, 2015 by pclifton

Whew, finally back to work. First order of business tonight was to start riveting the joint between the top and bottom skin. I’d been intending to have Josie come out and help with this, but she was working late again, … Continue reading →

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Right flap riveting

Posted on March 27, 2015 by pclifton

Got rolling on riveting the right flap tonight. I’d hoped to get further, but Josie had to work late and couldn’t help me out, and some of this riveting is definitely better done with two people on the job. I’d … Continue reading →

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Flap dimpling and initial riveting

Posted on March 26, 2015 by pclifton

Whee, time to break out the C-frame! Well, actually, first I got out the edge rolling tool and put a little roll in the edge of the top skins that will overlap the bottom skins. Then, since I already had … Continue reading →

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More flap prep

Posted on March 25, 2015 by pclifton

Short night tonight. I got out the die grinder and went to work on the edges of the flap skins. Turned out to be a kind of tedious job what with all the odd bends and such, but not too … Continue reading →

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Flap prep and priming

Posted on March 23, 2015 by pclifton

Whew…now that was a good day’s work. Since the weather was nice, my primary goal was to finish prepping the flap components so I could shoot primer. First order of business was to countersink the bottom spar flange where it … Continue reading →

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Fuselage organization, bit of flap prep

Posted on March 22, 2015 by pclifton

OK, so a lot of stuff going on today, didn’t have a lot of time in the garage. I did run out to Harbor Freight to pick up another storage case, which now contains some of the bagged small parts … Continue reading →

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Fuselage inventory, pt 3

Posted on March 21, 2015 by pclifton

Just in case I haven’t mentioned it…there are a lot of parts in the fuselage kit. Tonight I went to work inventorying and organizing all the hardware bags. Calling these hardware bags is a bit of a misnomer, actually…about half … Continue reading →

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Fuselage inventory, pt 2

Posted on March 19, 2015 by pclifton

Tonight was cleanup and organization night. As shown last night, I had parts strewn all over the place, along with a mountain of packing paper about six feet high. So tonight I moved as much stuff out into the driveway … Continue reading →

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Fuselage inventory, pt 1

Posted on March 18, 2015 by pclifton

So even though I was out of town this past weekend, I still made time to obsessively check on the tracking for my fuselage kit, and I was quite plead to see that it had arrived in Houston as of … Continue reading →

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