| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| Don C | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 08-Mar-14 14:47 |  |
| Views : 1944 |
| Getting the upper wing attached with only 2 hands was interesting. |
| Don C | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 08-Mar-14 14:39 |  |
| Views : 1741 |
| After advice I shifted to acrylic. Thanks Dave Duckett. It really worked a lot better. Several thin coats as suggested. |
| Don C | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Reference | 25-Jan-14 16:24 |  |
| Views : 1617 |
| My kids gave me a happy hour over southern Maryland for my 69th. It's what I hope to recreate. |
| Don C | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 25-Jan-14 16:13 |  |
| Views : 1505 |
| Mirror and fuel lines come later. The fuel guage isa glass pipette from a doctor friend with a fine wire inside. |
| Don C | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 25-Jan-14 16:08 |  |
| Views : 1516 |
| First color coat yesterday. Running into the nitrate/butyrate problem. No butyrate thinner. Suggestions? |
| Don C | Guillows Series 800 - Stearman PT-17 | Build | 25-Jan-14 16:01 |  |
| Views : 1415 |
| Tried pop can and balsa before settling on the cardstock. If yo put the green side in the paint covers more easily. Tin foil and toilet pape Do make good seat cushions. Used a strip of solder to stiffen the sides where there's a tube in the real thing. |
