Author Archives: pclifton

Forgot to write this up last night, but I got out of work early, what with it being Christmas Eve and all. That meant I was actually home before dark, so I went ahead and finished priming the leading edge … Continue reading →

Yup, it’s priming time again! With the LE ribs prepped, it was finally time for the joy of scrubbing and priming. Before I got started priming, I decided to try to work out a better way to hold the ribs … Continue reading →

So my main goal for this week is to be at a point where I can prime the LE components this weekend, and I’m pretty much there. Tonight I started by working on the left tank attach strip. First I … Continue reading →

Yes! I am still building an airplane. Kind of surprising how being out of town for a week got me out of the working mood. Last weekend might have been a good time to get going again, but instead I … Continue reading →

Well, not an especially productive weekend. Saturday was eaten up with tailwheel training and a friend’s birthday, and today seemed to really want to be a lazy do-nothing day. I went along with that for the most part, but figured … Continue reading →

Had a bunch of stuff to do around the house this evening, but I made a little time to go do a touch of work anyway. I just put the template back on the right wing and drilled the pilot … Continue reading →

Well, after a fort-of celebratory night off after closing out the second tank, tonight I went back to work on the landing light cutout, this time in the right leading edge. I learned a little from last time, most notably … Continue reading →

The 24-hour waiting period ran out today, by which I mean I didn’t abruptly think of anything really stupid that I did last night while tracing the light cutout. So tonight I went right to work cutting the hole. Well … Continue reading →