Lots of prepping and priming tonight. Certainly not the most fun work to be done when building an airplane but it sure makes the parts look pretty! Here is what it looks like when I’m getting the parts prepped. I have a file to clean up any sharp edges, fine sandpaper to smooth out any […]
F1 Mod – Upsized rivets on forward and rear spars
Tonight I’m working on trying to finish off a few more modification details. One of which is to drill holes in the forward spar to accommodate a few 5/32 inch rivets on the HS-810-1 and HS-814-1 reinforcement angles. The diagram below shows the area of the reinforcing angles where the larger rivets go. Due to […]
Horizontal Stabilizer – Center hinge bearing riveting
I didn’t have much time today so I just tackled a quick job by riveting the HS-411PP. This is pretty self explanatory, so I’ll keep this entry short. As usual, all of this riveting was accomplished by using Main Squeeze hand squeezer.
F1 Mod – Horizontal Stabilizer – Rear Spar Bar Drilling
Today I’m working on the horizontal stabilizer rear spar and will be drilling some holes to accommodate larger rivets as part of the F1 Rocket Mods. This particular mod is to add 5/32 rivets to the areas on the rear HS spar as identified below, 32 places in total. Again, all the drilling was done on a drill […]