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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Cut a core for the stabalator tip plug. Been playing around with interior details as well, trying to figure out how to make a mold of the yoke.
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    And may I ask why?
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Two favorite smells; 1. The smell of Monkote, you know the end is near. 2. The smell of foam cutting, the fun is just beginning.
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Mounted the transformer and hooked up a dimmer switch. Can control the current between 1 and 2 1/2 amps. I think 2 amps may be a good setting. The corrugations went much smoother on the stabalator. I think that all the wood was about the same density so it seemed to cut better. Rather than...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    So start with the 28 gage nichrome wire with my existing power supply, a low voltage lighting transformer. Doesn't even feel hot. Next try the 26 gage, barely warm. Test voltage and learn it is 12 VAC, now what? Then I remember somewhere I have a transformer that was salvaged from onboard...
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Pulled the tail cone out of the mold, fits great. Working on the plug for the rudder Got a block of EPS glued up for the stabalator plug. For over thirty years been cutting foam with .025 steel MIG wire, for whatever reason I decided to try nichrome wire. got 100' of 26 and 28 gage to try...
  8. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Looks to be a marine engine.
  9. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    That's a bargain!
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    No, I'm afraid it has been extended to the stabalator.
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Thanks Steven. Didn't care for the door so made a few changes to the radius on the window and bottom of door. Working on the corrugations on the vertical fin. On several of the ends the router bit must have whipped a bit making an odd shaped end point. Now that several coats of primer are on...
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    You decide! Looks good to me.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The weather was good today. Have a little more work to do on the vertical fin however. Mounted and waxed the plug for the tail cone, put a couple coats of PVA on it too. Will start the mold in the morning. Started thinking about the horizontal stabalator an how it will be made, thinking...
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.

    Yes, get well soon.
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I was going to post there but their file size is a real pain. I need to resize all my photos to post there. Thank you for your comment though. Got the vertical fin on and the remaining windows and door laid out. Used fast cure West Systems epoxy so hopefully later to day I can fill the joint...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Used a template made from the plans and several photos to lay out the windows and doorway. Then the window for the door was masked off and the adjacent area was primed. Weather forecast for Saturday is 55 f, hope to get the final coats of primer on.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Completed wet sanding with 220, just a few spots need filler, the final primer coats will take care of the other low spots. Laying out for the windows and vertical fin. The windows will be cast into the plug along with the right side door. With this in mind, these areas will be masked off...
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Dash looks great. I think their pricing is reasonable for the effort one can put into a dash.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    My opinion is that they are good for wet sanding and dry sanding fiberglass. I used the 1/2 sheet dry on wing skins and they turned out wavy. It's really hard to beat the hard sanding bars we have for balsa.
  20. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    What's wrong with your engine?
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