Bartman
Defender of the Noob!
Okay Chris, happy now??? 
I'm a long time fan of Bud Nosen, not for any reason other than when I was a kid I used to see his full page ads in Model Airplane News and I thought he MUST be a bad ass to be building these huge planes, especially the Mustang!
So while I wait to kick off a giant Mustang build I thought I'd do this nice little Citabria build. It's snowing outside (again) and the kids were off from school (again) so, truth be told, I've been camped out in the basement trying to hide from everyone.
Here's the box;
You may or may not know this but Bud Nosen sold all of his designs to a company called A&A Industries. I don't know the story but the kit I have is an older A&A kit, it might have been a leftover kit from when Bud had the company. The die cutting is just as bad as everyone says it is and some of the parts look like the shop guys had their eyes closed when they were making them.
But we're going to move right along anyway and do what has to be done to get this puppy across the bench and out to the field where I'll taxi it around proudly before giving it a go in flight.
Today's work so far has been meant to re-introduce yours truly to cutting and gluing balsa while staying within the plans lines. It's gone ok so far.
Pretty standard balsa stick construction except for the exceptional joinery.
And here is the complete Rudder and Fin which together comprise the Vertical Stabilizer. The plans don't specify a particular hinge so I'm using Robart pin hinges mostly because I had a bunch in my tool box. I added the balsa blocks for the hinges and I'll figure out where the rudder control horn needs to be located and add some blocking for that at a later date. The rudder has been tapered, I'm not sure if the real plane's rudder is tapered, maybe when the weather gets better I'll go take a look.
I'm a long time fan of Bud Nosen, not for any reason other than when I was a kid I used to see his full page ads in Model Airplane News and I thought he MUST be a bad ass to be building these huge planes, especially the Mustang!
So while I wait to kick off a giant Mustang build I thought I'd do this nice little Citabria build. It's snowing outside (again) and the kids were off from school (again) so, truth be told, I've been camped out in the basement trying to hide from everyone.
Here's the box;
You may or may not know this but Bud Nosen sold all of his designs to a company called A&A Industries. I don't know the story but the kit I have is an older A&A kit, it might have been a leftover kit from when Bud had the company. The die cutting is just as bad as everyone says it is and some of the parts look like the shop guys had their eyes closed when they were making them.
But we're going to move right along anyway and do what has to be done to get this puppy across the bench and out to the field where I'll taxi it around proudly before giving it a go in flight.
Today's work so far has been meant to re-introduce yours truly to cutting and gluing balsa while staying within the plans lines. It's gone ok so far.
Pretty standard balsa stick construction except for the exceptional joinery.
And here is the complete Rudder and Fin which together comprise the Vertical Stabilizer. The plans don't specify a particular hinge so I'm using Robart pin hinges mostly because I had a bunch in my tool box. I added the balsa blocks for the hinges and I'll figure out where the rudder control horn needs to be located and add some blocking for that at a later date. The rudder has been tapered, I'm not sure if the real plane's rudder is tapered, maybe when the weather gets better I'll go take a look.
....it's pointing out to me that there's a Bud Nosen Citabria for sale in the classifieds.....let's see, it's Bipenut53
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