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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 08-Dec-15 21:39 |  | | Views : 592 | | Living in a small apartment, requires a bit of ingenuity. Besides, I don't relish the idea of hammering away of heated metal over a flame. This photo is pretty much self-explanatory. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 08-Dec-15 21:35 |  | | Views : 618 | | Front view which also includes the main instrument panel, the small storage for the Lewis gun cartridge, and the Vickers gun to the left. What makes the stiffner a challenge is to add metal trim around the front edges without kinking the metal. Its really a double-edged compound curve. Looking closely, one can easily see what appears to be a rounded edge. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 08-Dec-15 21:31 |  | | Views : 579 | | Left side of the cockpit interior |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 08-Dec-15 21:29 |  | | Views : 573 | | As you can see from the right side of the interior, this stiffner holds a variety of goodies. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 08-Dec-15 21:28 |  | | Views : 617 | | Good evening. I'm at the stage of fabricating what is called "cockpit stiffner." If you'll refer to the top portion of the inboard drawing of the S.E. 5, its provides a "table" of the sorts between the floor and the coaming. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 27-Nov-15 21:53 |  | | Views : 696 | | Went out a purchased a "few" wood stains to use in the cockpit area and for the outer wing struts. Although there are five pieces of wood, I only used basswood and balsa. One of the balsa woods was very soft and I wanted to see if there was a difference in tones with the same stains. |
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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 26-Nov-15 14:50 |  | | Views : 651 | | Close up of left side. That's it for now. Happy Thanksgiving all. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 26-Nov-15 14:48 |  | | Views : 625 | | Underside view of the left side. In effort to maintain the prominent fuselage stitching, I'm following through from my previous "experiment" and recessing the lower fuselage formers to make room for the balsa sheeting. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 26-Nov-15 14:45 |  | | Views : 684 | | Close up of the baggage door behind the pilot's head rest. Its still in the rough stage. I think I manged to work out the details of the door between the fabric portion of the fuselage and the solid paneling. If you zoom up, you can see that I've recessed the forward two formers and cutting away a part of the stringers above, to allow room for balsa sheeting to simulate the paneling. Lotta head-scratching here. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 26-Nov-15 14:40 |  | | Views : 639 | | Adding some stringers and framing surrounding the baggage door area behind the pilot's head rest. As luck would have it, the S.E. 5 baggage door is in between the fabric and solid paneling making for some head-scratching. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 26-Nov-15 14:37 |  | | Views : 625 | | First off: I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and good health. I'm now rough framing the fuselage. If you'll notice, I've taken the liberty of making a "few" changes from the stock fuselage such as: the general cockpit area and the addition of some thick wooden formers behind the pilot's head rest for the baggage door. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 200 - SE5a | Build | 17-Nov-15 19:37 |  | | Views : 654 | | Here is a another perspective of the difference between the two holes. The rear is where the thread would naturally "flow" in a straight line to the "hidden pulley" inside the wing. The other hole, whereas not as natural, comes more close to resembling the details of the real aircraft. The control horn in this picture is only a representation to help give me an idea of where to puncture the hole through the covering. Only get one shot at this, might as well do a couple of "dress rehearsals" first on my practice wing. |
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