Uff da! Steve, what a great piece of history! Knowing you, you will find (or will build) the ideal place to display it! Well done!
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Uff da! Steve, what a great piece of history! Knowing you, you will find (or will build) the ideal place to display it! Well done!
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ERICK!!!!!by BEAST
Thanks very much, and I am truly glad to see you here. Well, only a few members of the "gang" to get over here now!
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What's up with that, Erick? I could swear you're up here with me in Minesooootaa.
Let me echo Steve's salutations by welcoming both you & Dennis to the forum! Glad to see you both here!
-Chuck
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For those interested, here are some additional shots of the aircraft section showing construction techniques. The plywood is Birch, the reinforcement ring is made of Ash and the underside reinforcement strips are made of oak. The method used to join the plywood joints together is called scarf joining. This is a very finely detailed piece of work and on the underside, it is vary hard to see in some areas.
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The following photos illustrate what a scarf joint looks like. basically, the top and bottom halves of plywood lamination are cut into a very steep wedge shape, they are then glued and slid into position until the two halves look as if they are one piece. The top must overlap the bottom for aircraft usage.
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Wow Steve, Chuck, Erick, Dennis... when will it all end?ERICK!!!!!I love the new pictures of the cockpit area! Can't wait to see the final display whenever the house get finished!
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Hopefully, this is only the beginning. If members here saw what some of the others have in their aviation collections, they would tbe stunned (or not)Wow Steve, Chuck, Erick, Dennis... when will it all end?.
I think you need to fly down again so you can see in person...what has it been now, a year!
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Hopefully, this is only the beginning. If members here saw what some of the others have in their aviation collections, they would tbe stunned (or not)
I think you need to fly down again so you can see in person...what has it been now, a year!
ROAD TRIP! BUGME, do you have a VW microbus that can haul of us?
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Well, if he doesn't, I think he needs to find another screen name, as he wouldn't be worthy of the titleROAD TRIP! BUGME, do you have a VW microbus that can haul of us?.Bring along the whole gang!
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Steve,Well, if he doesn't, I think he needs to find another screen name, as he wouldn't be worthy of the title
Really a great piece!! - I'll start posting here pretty soon. Lot going on for the moment. I have some stuff no one has seen yet.
Should be fun. You NEED to come to the Hartford show in Oct. Bring some friends, come down and rumage thru the collection.
DJ
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