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bobgood, Comment for image # 4502306 Mar 26 08:35
Well done! Any flight pics?
hjlittman, Image # 4502305 Mar 26 22:06

It has been flown.
hjlittman, Image # 4502205 Mar 26 22:05

On the balance rig, no ballast!
hjlittman, Image # 4502105 Mar 26 22:04

Inside of planked up cowl.
hjlittman, Image # 4501122 Feb 26 21:10

Almost there.
hjlittman, Image # 4500415 Feb 26 23:35

Im estimating 19 grams all up less rubber when finished.
hjlittman, Image # 4499914 Feb 26 00:37

The cowl frame was assembled with Scotch Tacky Glue to give working time and when dry simply lifted off the fixture.
hjlittman, Image # 4499814 Feb 26 00:35

The built up cowl frame is assembled over a small fixture to keep it straight.
hjlittman, Image # 4499714 Feb 26 00:32

With the fuselage half covered you have a better idea of the colors.
bobgood, Comment for image # 4499611 Feb 26 08:50
Looking very good Howard - you just have to pick yourself up and get on with the remedy after those mishaps Howard. the model looks great as is! Excellent!
hjlittman, Comment for image # 4499611 Feb 26 00:22
So, I had the new ring stack for the cowl cone chucked up in my Dremel drill press and using a sanding block was turning it up very nicely. Then, the screw in the mandrel sheared off and the cowl shot off across the garage. It ricochet off of several things and, although I searched for an hour, I haven't found it yet. I'm going to go with plan B, the built up cowl. The wings and tail surfaces are covered and I predict that it will be flyable by the weekend...weather permitting.
hjlittman, Image # 4499611 Feb 26 00:17

Progress is being made
hjlittman, Comment for image # 4499511 Feb 26 00:15
I am planning to upgrade my YouTube channel with demos on the techniques for building my kits.
bobgood, Comment for image # 4499510 Feb 26 12:09
Wow! Very amazing Hi-Tech stuff Howard. Do you do training courses on-line?
hjlittman, Comment for image # 4499510 Feb 26 00:58
I also printed skins for it. The drawing you see on the wing skins is under the tissue on the old plan segments that I used for carrier sheets. The one piece skins for each side of the fuselage will be applied 'wet'. More to come...
hjlittman, Image # 4499510 Feb 26 00:54

I had to build a little fixture to hold the cowl cone rings in alignment while I stacked them up.
bobgood, Comment for image # 4498701 Feb 26 08:52
Wow Howard - SNAP!
hjlittman, Comment for image # 4498731 Jan 26 17:33
Excuse me!...I was born in 1943!
bobgood, Comment for image # 4498731 Jan 26 11:33
Thanks Howard - we live on the edge of the Mojave in JT. That laser printing would make my builds much better and a little easier too I think. But, being a 1943 boy, I'm beyond that technology! :-(
hjlittman, Comment for image # 4498730 Jan 26 16:54
This is a one off for the Black Sheep Squadron contest in February. It has to be a rubber powered model of a fixed wing drone or cruise missile, nothing that ever had a cockpit, with a maximum 16" wingspan. This one is a model of a sort of piston engine V1 that was developed by the British in 1927! Their problem with it was that what they were trying to develop, at the time, was a long range anti ship missile and they lacked the proper guidance system. I do my own laser cutting since I make kits. I live in Los Angeles.
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