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| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 01-Aug-07 18:17 |  | | Views : 1035 | | Cleaned the workshop for wing production. Made a new building board to fit the wings. I had to enlarge the original wing plane to give a wing to fuselage ratio exactly like the real Mig. Off to the hills to rape and pillage for a few days! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 01-Aug-07 18:14 |  | | Views : 995 | | Learned colleagues, tow coats of sealer, the second not yet sanded. Is this baby behind yet? |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 30-Jul-07 19:56 |  | | Views : 994 | | Initial fitting of the wings seem to indicate that they are very close to the "Real Thing". The fillets do not appear. I may widen the wing root a tad. The trailing edge of the Mig almost extends to the rear of the canopy. Computers, great resource. P |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 30-Jul-07 19:02 |  | | Views : 1017 | | Today marks 99 hrs into this bird. This is what I have to show for the time. Tonight I will enlarge and print the wing plans. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 30-Jul-07 18:56 |  | | Views : 925 | | Fine steel wool tomorrow and then another coat of sealer. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 30-Jul-07 18:54 |  | | Views : 948 | | I, (we) remade the hindges for a closer fit. |
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| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 30-Jul-07 12:58 |  | | Views : 921 | | Two hrs of sanding and TLC, almost poppy's and DD's smooth as a baby's behind" quality! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 29-Jul-07 19:13 |  | | Views : 1002 | | Boris, AKA Niki, needs aid to get off the tail. I must find another "Boris". He has worked so hard and appeared in so many pictures that his "Joints are burnt out!" He really cannot stand W?O assistance! |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 29-Jul-07 14:11 |  | | Views : 918 | | The hinges were made from music wire and Al roof flashing....scaps from the fuselage forward skin. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 29-Jul-07 14:10 |  | | Views : 958 | | Mechanics of empennage completed. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 29-Jul-07 12:09 |  | | Views : 971 | | Waiting for another coat of filler to dry, Sasha hinged the rudder. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 28-Jul-07 19:35 |  | | Views : 967 | | We ar happy woth the way the fuselage becomes part of the rudder. Like poppy says....."when things work well, just sit back and admire it a bit!" With me I will probably drop the Mig tomorrow and destroy all this work! |
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