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thymekiller Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 3411 Location: Springfield Missouri Joined: Jun 14^th, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #24 - Jul 16^th, 2022 at 4:19pm	Print Post
	Thanks Tom

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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 13275 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #23 - Jul 15^th, 2022 at 11:05pm	Print Post
	Here you go Thyme, it's on HPA: Click Here

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thymekiller Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 3411 Location: Springfield Missouri Joined: Jun 14^th, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #22 - Jul 15^th, 2022 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	Love those old timers. Yours looks great!!!! Like the way you did your spars. Such slick pretty bones, oh la la If anyone thinks of it, perhaps I could get a link to the scaled down cookup? Glad your back into it Pete.

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staubkorb 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 1429 Location: Germany Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #21 - Jul 13^th, 2022 at 12:49pm	Print Post
	Lack of supplies (namely tissue and also ducats) and not finding the goodies I know exist somewhere in the rat's nest have kept me from completing much of anything. Day before yesterday, I spent a bit more time excavating my primary FF goodie box. Lo and behold, the DT parts bag jumped out thumbing its nose at me . spent the better part of a HOT afternoon today (92°F, 60% humidity) fitting the mounts for the timer and guide tube in the fuselage. Still have to cut the back end to allow the stab to pop. I'll get this finished some day...

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thymekiller Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 3411 Location: Springfield Missouri Joined: Jun 14^th, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #20 - Feb 22^nd, 2022 at 12:41pm	Print Post
	Very nice! Such a graceful shape.

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staubkorb 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 1429 Location: Germany Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #19 - Feb 19^th, 2022 at 9:17am	Print Post
	Too Much Glue wrote on Feb 17^th, 2022 at 9:43am: Looks good. I really like the job you did on that plywood cowl. Did you make some kind of form to shape it? I wasn't at all pleased with the cowl to fuselage fit - it was too large - so I re-did it. I was able to re-use the ply section, trimming of 4mm (2"mm at each join surface). I didn't use any form, just fingers and gel type CA. A "scab" glued at the join provides the surface area for a positive join. One must remember to lightly sand ALL areas to be glued on plywood to remove the parting compound used in the Ply laminating process - otherwise unwanted surprises can (usually WILL ) happen regardless of glue type... don't ask .

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Kittyfritters 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 859 Location: California Joined: Feb 24^th, 2011	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #18 - Feb 17^th, 2022 at 5:34pm	Print Post
	Really nice piece of work there!

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Too Much Glue 3 Star Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 211 Joined: Sep 25^th, 2018	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #17 - Feb 17^th, 2022 at 9:43am	Print Post
	Looks good. I really like the job you did on that plywood cowl. Did you make some kind of form to shape it?


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staubkorb 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 1429 Location: Germany Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #16 - Feb 17^th, 2022 at 6:43am	Print Post
	Here's some more, Thyme! Slowly but surely getting there. Gotta make some wheels now and still a lot of sanding. The sheeting at the rear is to strengthen the area for the D/T cutout wedge that will be covered/disguised with a shroud - I'm stealing Mike's method . That strange object laying at the front is the cowl - 0.4mm plywood. Haven't decided whether to mount it permanently or use screws. A 9.5 or 10 inch prop (Peck or the newer Chinese silver) will be the prop of choice for starters - to get this puppy in the air as quickly as possible. Weight as shown is 47.5 gramms. So far, I seem to be fairly close to what Mike's model weighed at this stage

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thymekiller Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 3411 Location: Springfield Missouri Joined: Jun 14^th, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #15 - Feb 14^th, 2022 at 8:43pm	Print Post
	It looks GREAT!!! Love to see the bones of an old timer, and this is a favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing it.

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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 13275 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #14 - Feb 1^st, 2022 at 4:27pm	Print Post
	OK...where you stashing the helium?

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staubkorb 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 1429 Location: Germany Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #13 - Feb 1^st, 2022 at 2:40pm	Print Post
	30 gramms as she sits. Still needs wing and stab center sheeting plus shaping, wire L/G and wheels and D/T setup. I hope to keep it at less than 100 gramms minus rubber. The wing area is 172²in so at 100 grams + ~25 gramms of rubber it should still be a floater.

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staubkorb 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 1429 Location: Germany Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #12 - Jan 28^th, 2022 at 2:00pm	Print Post
	Model is completely framed up (90% done, 90% still to do ). I wanted to take some piccies, but the landing gear legs haven't been bent yet and my model stand is buried somewhere in my "office". Started the planking and shaping (LOTS of sanding ). There are now THREE Zippers in the HPA cookup - mine, Mikes (ZK-AUD) and Mark Braunlich (already painted! He was kinda sneaky about his build )

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Sky9pilot Administrator Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 13275 Location: Kelso, WA 98626 USA Joined: Jan 9^th, 2010	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #11 - Jan 26^th, 2022 at 7:34pm	Print Post
	That's why it's hard for us modelers to throw away anything. Never know what you might use it for. I salute your creativity!!!

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staubkorb 5 Star Member Offline Stick & Tissue Posts: 1429 Location: Germany Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2008	Re: ZIPPER Jr. Reply #10 - Jan 26^th, 2022 at 2:35pm	Print Post
	The fixture cross-members are spot-glued to the keels, so I'll just flip the thing to do the other side. I glued in three stringers to the opposite side while still pinned to the workboard for a bit of support and will alternate two stringer per side. I cobbled the jig together out of bis left over from building a case, the base is a chunk of an old shelf (particle board), and a bunch of brads.

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