Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

[dhal22]

3/16 tubing looks better than 1/4" tubing. I think i can live with this. Acetylene bottle is almost empty plus I want some heat dam product to keep the other soldering joints protected so will finish this early next week.

 

[dhal22]

The cross brace material is thick wall tubing so I bored out some dead weight.

 

[dhal22]

I realized I have a rudder to build.

A 3/8" end mill makes for quick work.

 

[dhal22]

Nice tight joints.

Waiting on the outer dowel to soak.

 

[-Rick-]

I so wish that I had tools like you guys! And knew how to use them. Nothing here that I have other than a very good scroll saw and drill press.

 

[dhal22]

Squeezed in a small step before heading out for the day. I soaked the dowel rod overnight.

 

[dhal22]

Back at it briefly this evening. Rudder work but I gotta wait for the glue to dry, the little plywood strip is too risky to try to slip into the dowel with ca.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Squeezed in a small step before heading out for the day. I soaked the dowel rod overnight.

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Very nice! I had my doubts but looks like you pulled it off.

 

[BalsaDust]

I so wish that I had tools like you guys! And knew how to use them. Nothing here that I have other than a very good scroll saw and drill press.

Other tools are nice to have but a decent scroll saw and drill press are probably the two most important power tools in my opinion for any major building. Maybe a dremel as well but there are plenty of hand tools that can do all a dremel does.

 

[TonyHallo]

I so wish that I had tools like you guys! And knew how to use them. Nothing here that I have other than a very good scroll saw and drill press.

I built many planes with a 5" band saw and a drill press. I find the band saw more useful than a scroll saw, I think the only time I use mine is to put holes in formers.