Author Archives: pclifton

First things, first, I have to send out thanks to Daniel Schoning, who came to my rescue and helped me fix my fouled-up hole in the elevator spar from Thursday night.  I’ve sort of talked with Daniel a few times … Continue reading →

Ugh.  Well, I guess I was overdue for a not-so-great night of work.  Still, in keeping with my “don’t dwell on the mistake, just move on” attitude, I got plenty of other stuff done even after my foul-up of the … Continue reading →

The temperature today got up almost to 70, so I just had to take advantage of the weather to get in a bit of work in the garage.  Basically, I had two things on my short list: start riveting the … Continue reading →

Main goal for today was to get everything primed; as I’ve mentioned before, my “paint booth” is my driveway, and thus I depends on both good weather and daylight to be able to shoot primer.  Since the days are still … Continue reading →

So I’ve kind of been talking myself out of working in the garage the past few nights.  It’s been cold, and the little space heater I bought doesn’t seem to be able to keep up.  Tonight, however, I vowed to … Continue reading →

Wow, talk about a roller coaster day.  When we left off last time, I’d dimpled E-606PP where I was supposed to countersink, and I stopped the work day right there while I decided how to handle that little mistake.  After … Continue reading →

Decided to spend a little time out in the garage tonight; I’d like to be able to get these skeleton parts primed this weekend if possible, which means I need to get deburring, dimpling, and other prep done before then. … Continue reading →

When we left off last time, I was trying to decide whether to roll the leading edge of the right elevator now, or go ahead and start on the left elevator and roll both leading edges at the same time, … Continue reading →

This thing’s almost done!  Kind of oddly bittersweet though…at the same time I’m pleased with the progress I’m making, and all the good feelings of seeing a part come together, I’m acutely aware that I’m getting closer to a period … Continue reading →