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pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Reference | 05-Aug-09 10:47 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13638.jpg) | Views : 680 | |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 03-Aug-09 02:25 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13601.jpg) | Views : 719 | Lesson learned. Check above the place one sets a model for precariously perched heavy objects. They may decide to jump and ruin your day! Wing rebuild time. Already fixed the fuselage damage. |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Reference | 02-Aug-09 03:54 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13597.jpg) | Views : 776 | |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Reference | 02-Aug-09 03:54 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13596.jpg) | Views : 808 | Everytime I visit my Dad's I seem to find something squirreled away in some forgotten box from my distant past. These predate the Gypsy Moth I built. |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 27-Jul-09 04:15 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13498.jpg) | Views : 735 | Gusseteering. |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 27-Jul-09 04:14 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13497.jpg) | Views : 721 | Joined the wings to the fuselage. Needed to move the main spar position to make room for the radio gear. Used a 3/32" x 1/4" spruce stick tapered to 1/8" at the outermost end with a center scarf joint. 1/64" ply reinforcement. |
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pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Reference | 26-Jul-09 02:21 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13487.jpg) | Views : 800 | Whoo Hee!! Scored a sack of shorts and seconds in spruce for a song. Super spar stuff, surely..... Sorry, couldn't help it. 12" to 18" L , 1/8"sq to 1/4" x 5/8". |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 25-Jul-09 04:34 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13451.jpg) | Views : 900 | Nose job. |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 25-Jul-09 04:33 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13450.jpg) | Views : 805 | Phew, they fit!...Alien Owl from beyond Space! |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 25-Jul-09 04:29 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13449.jpg) | Views : 817 | I like to keep the surfaces planar and edges sharp while shaping to help get everything "Even Steven" and also to see the "Lines" better before blending. |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 25-Jul-09 04:23 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13448.jpg) | Views : 797 | Getting to the final shape. |
pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 24-Jul-09 16:03 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/13436.jpg) | Views : 775 | After gazing at John O's beautiful prop for the Stearman, I got the hankerin' to break out the ol' whittlin' knife for the exhast fairings. |
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