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  1. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    When I started laminating the parts for the rudder, the balsa pieces were shaped slightly differently than the plywood center piece. I first went ahead and glued them trying to force them to bend the same. After a few minutes I thought about it, and wondered if I was gluing the wrong parts...
  2. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I've also started on the vertical stab, rudder, stab, and elevators. I began by popping out the laminated parts for the rudder. Everything popped out nice and clean from both the plywood and the balsa. I laid out all the parts on the plan to make sure I had everything before I began gluing...
  3. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    Well, my 30 minute commute to work was a 3 HOUR commute home after being at the office for about 2 hours. It's snowing here in Ft. Worth! Once I got home I cracked a beer and worked on the cub! The Super Cub I'm modeling after has a glass bottom door as well as the top, so to create this I...
  4. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I'm looking forward to getting it complete as well! I've gotta work on my IMAC plane a little bit to get it ready too!
  5. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    ericb, Wow! that's a beautiful J-3! Nice work! You have some great tips in those photos! I like the hatch on the bottom in front. I'm putting in a luggage compartment (based on full scale plane) for charging and power switches, but I will always want to get to everything without forceps. I...
  6. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I like the idea of creating an opening in the front so that the cowling covers it. I may do that. I also was looking at a Hangar 9 taildragger... I forgot the name, but it has a panel underneath that can be removed... that might work too. It has to work with the aluminum work, so I need to...
  7. fencelake

    3D Ready for maiden flight!

    Your plane is awesome! I love the way it looks in the air! I was wondering if you could post a couple of photos of how your fuel/smoke tanks are set up? I'm just getting ready to maiden my PAU Extra 300, and I really want to put a smoke pump in it. Great video! Thanks for posting!
  8. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I'm definitely making this a bush plane and want large tires on it. I've been looking and looking for some kind of balloon tires in the 10" - 12" range but haven't been too successful. I've found Airtop balloon tires, which are 200mm, and that's a little bit small... around 7.5". My best bet...
  9. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    One thing I'm going to work on design-wise this week is deciding on access to the forward part of the fuselage. One thing that's always bothered me is not being able to access certain parts of my models, and I'm sure as heck not going to build myself out of my own plane. So... that idea is...
  10. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I had an epiphany last night. I started thinking about how I was going to get the servo wiring to the wings from the rear of the cabin. In the L-21 cub there are support members that run diagonally from the bottom of the fuse to the wings. Originally I was going to use wooden dowels, but...
  11. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    Here are a few clean pics of the fuselage.
  12. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I went ahead and removed the bottom half of Former F4. In the full scale plane this is wide open, and in my model, it wasn't doing much for support anyway. Removing it will help in scale factor as well as electronics planning. I did add some more cross members and diagonal pieces to the...
  13. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    So now, we've reached the point where this project goes off the rails a little bit and the customization begins. Since I'm putting in L-21 windows, I added some custom fairings while putting on the fairing strips, and I had to frame the windows. The other thing, on this particular plane...
  14. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    The next step was adding the landing gear mount. This step truly lets you know whether you built the fuselage true and square or not! When you lay that piece on you realize... "Oh man! I hope this is 90 degrees all the way around!" Fortunately, I was very, very close. I used my trusty...
  15. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    I added the fairing strips. A little bit of studying the instructions and the plans had to be done for this. It seems like a really simple step, but the directions are a little vague, for example: It says to add 1/16" x 1/4" fairing strips to the bottom longeron, then it says to add 1/8" x...
  16. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    Here's a shot of the fuselage without all the tape and dacron line. I also added the sheeting in front. I went ahead and removed the door because I'm going to use it as a template to build an all glass bottom door. It will be framed up the same way as the top.
  17. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    As with what to do with the bottom half of former F4, well... I'm still deciding what to do for scale purposes. I may leave it, or cut away certain parts of it... Stay tuned!!
  18. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    Also, it's time to remove the top half of former F4 to begin to create the aft cabin and the L-21 style windows.
  19. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    Time to remove the crutch from the cabin top! It's starting to come together!
  20. fencelake

    Scale Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub Kit " NIB "

    The next step was to add the stringers to the aft section of the fuselage. A couple of things about this: First, for my particular modifications the side stringers connection to the rear of the cabin top was very important because the former F4 will be removed. So I was pretty careful with...
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