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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #31 - Mar 28^th, 2018 at 1:46pm	Print Post
	Thanks, Mike- I cheated & hand-lettered the tissue flat before I covered it. The rudder only got a sealer coat of dope right up to the lettering- The Design Master clear doesn't have a solvent that touches the Sharpie ink, so you can spray over it. Had I tried doing it after covering, I'd have either slipped or poked a hole in it. Panel lines give mr enough trouble!


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MKelly 5 Star Member Offline Posts: 1235 Location: Helotes, TX Joined: Apr 11^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #30 - Mar 28^th, 2018 at 12:33pm	Print Post
	Spectacular Craig. Great detail work, and I really like your hand-numbering the rudder - I'd never be able to do that cleanly first time on a covered part. Mike


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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 12909 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #29 - Mar 28^th, 2018 at 11:38am	Print Post
	Your finish looks great! I love the black and orange combo.

	If God is your Co-pilot...switch seats... Your attitude will determine your altitude!- John Maxwell And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. Jn 8:32
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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #28 - Mar 27^th, 2018 at 9:59pm	Print Post
	Wing and empennage done and done. Esaki tissue, one sealer coat of thinned butyrate dope, glossed up with Design Master Dresden Clear glaze. The registration numbers on the wing are cut from black Easy Built Lite tissue, doped on; the numbers on the rudder are hand-scribbled with a Sharpie. The "Aeronca" logos are printed on bond paper, back-sanded until they only have one side, the edges blacked with the Sharpie to eliminate the white border- then glued on with SIG canopy glue. Every flying wire hole is reinforced with a 1/16" aluminum thimble CYA'd in place. The cap on the boxwood A-frame is made from .005 aluminum, with a strap holding in a 1/16" slice of 1/8" aluminum tubing- all CYA'd together. The A-frame is mortised 1/16" into the LE and the rear spar, glued up with Tite-Bond III

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #27 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 4:16pm	Print Post
	The A-frame and front wing struts are Boxwood.


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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #26 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 4:13pm	Print Post
	Fortunately, the rigging (I think) will hold it all together.

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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 12909 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #25 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 1:45pm	Print Post
	Craig 3 wrote on Mar 24^th, 2018 at 10:47am: The aviators of yore were a fearless intrepid bunch. I agree...makes one wonder about that wing attachment. This model is coming along nicely! Tom

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #24 - Mar 24^th, 2018 at 5:55am	Print Post
	Finished tailfeathers. The blood on the scalpel is a sacrifice to the aeroplane gods. It keeps it sharp!

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #23 - Mar 22^nd, 2018 at 7:11pm	Print Post
	One elevator outline laminated up and curing- the tight bend was a bear to get done without a kink on the inside run. The radius had enlarged just enough after the first one that the rest went easier.

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #22 - Mar 22^nd, 2018 at 6:48pm	Print Post
	This bit done. My tissue order drifted in today. I might jump back on the Martlet when I get the empennage framed up for this one. And, of course, keep doing the fiddly bits to the Waco so I can finish covering it.

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #21 - Mar 22^nd, 2018 at 6:00am	Print Post
	So, I woke up this morning to find this nicely cured over the buck & stout as a turkey wishbone, and notification that I'd scored a nice 36" Ace Whitman Boulton-Paul Defiant kit on the evilbay for about the price of the plan alone. I've never built a Joe Ott pan- it looks really light. Life is good. Now, it's off to the shop. The maiman is supposed to have at least part of my Volare order and some orphaned printwood for Cleveland SF Hawker Hurricane and BF109 kits.

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #20 - Mar 21^st, 2018 at 7:14pm	Print Post
	Long day at the shop- abbreviated build session tonight. I think the original plan was asking a lot of that cut balsa TE, so I did it my way. 4 strips, 8lb C-wood, 1/32" X 3/32" to give me a little room for sanding. I'm off to spend some time with Winston Churchill as he tries to drag the Air Ministry into reality in 1939. Goodnight, all...

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #19 - Mar 21^st, 2018 at 5:06pm	Print Post
	The flying wires will need to be right. As on the original AC, they're pretty much all that holds the wing on. That, and the lack of little frivolities like an air-speed indicator, were what eventually prompted the CAA to say " Nah, we don't think we're gonna let you build some more of those."


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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #18 - Mar 21^st, 2018 at 5:03pm	Print Post
	I'm considering this color scheme...

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Craig 3 5 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 1003 Location: West Virginia, USA Joined: Apr 8^th, 2017	Re: Aeronca C-3 / G-Mot 120 T Reply #17 - Mar 21^st, 2018 at 4:26am	Print Post
	I'd almost rather have it go OOS than have it hanging 40 feet in a sketchy looking old tree, taunting me! The wind came up last night- as soon as the sun appears I'm going to hike and see if my foamy trainer blew out. Richard, that's why I didn't post a flight report- it's not a REAL aeroplane. It seemed like practice was in order before attempting to fly the Waco- it seemed right!


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