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Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 23:05
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Pilot's cradle and foot rest. I think I've burned my eyes enough for tonight. Hope you guys will enjoy. Sky
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 23:03
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For the pilot's cradle, I cut up some small dia. wire to brace along the semi-vertical wood stained balsa strips.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:59
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End result. Used small copper writing to simulate fuel line, ultra thin strips of scotch tape as metal hold-down tabs over the oil and fuel lines leaving enough to route through the plane to the fuel tank.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:55
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For the carburetor I used a soda straw and a small ring from (again) an arts & crafts store. The small ring serves as a "lip" to the top of the carburetor.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:53
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Using the small chains purchased at the arts & crafts store, glued the appropriate sized gears to small copper wiring used as a drive shaft
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:50
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While at the local hobby store, also purchased various sized plastic gears
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:47
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Just prior to gluing the cylinders I wrapped each with a thin slice of silkspan to give them a textured look. Also took a small 10mm (I think) dia, wire for the oil line. And used a couple of small slices of tape for the connection at the oil line as shown on the real engine.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:43
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Sorry about the confusion on classifying the aircraft. Still new at this posting. I purchased small springs from arts and crafts store and cut small sections of copper wire for each cylinder.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows 1903 Wright FlyerBuild26-Jun-15 22:41
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This is one of many photos I managed to obtain that left the engine in its natural metallic finish as opposed to painted black. I opted to take this route to show the detailing.
Skyediamonds1985Herr Engineering Ryan ST-AParked26-Jun-15 22:37
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Rather than simply marking the cooling holes, I decided to allow my OCD (just a small part, mind you) run a bit wild and used a pine vise to drill out the holes.
Skyediamonds1985Herr Engineering Ryan ST-ABuild26-Jun-15 22:34
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Using tubular plastic purchased at a local hobby store (only 35 miles from where I live) to cut up the cylinders for the engine. All sizes were from careful use of the retinae supplemented with glass protection (eyeballs), resulted in pretty close tolerances..
Skyediamonds1985Herr Engineering Ryan ST-ABuild26-Jun-15 22:25
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Now gluing the plastic card onto the top of the engine.
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