durangod Active Member Joined Aug 27, 2024 Messages 253 Tuesday at 5:10 AM #61 Great project, thanks for sharing progress.
K Keith-7 Member Joined Sep 3, 2024 Messages 57 Saturday at 3:57 PM #62 I added some more panel lines using the photos I took of the real Bluebird for reference.
K Keith-7 Member Joined Sep 3, 2024 Messages 57 Saturday at 4:00 PM #63 I continued the engine cover lines down through the side strip panels as they should and also added the groove where the canopy slides open.
I continued the engine cover lines down through the side strip panels as they should and also added the groove where the canopy slides open.
durangod Active Member Joined Aug 27, 2024 Messages 253 Yesterday at 12:15 AM #64 great lines, wish i could do that
K Keith-7 Member Joined Sep 3, 2024 Messages 57 Today at 1:03 AM #65 I thought I was going to have to live with the way the front sponsons blended seamlessly into the nose section, but I couldn't. I made these panels out of brass. It was a very tricky job, especially making the second panel, as that had to match the first.
I thought I was going to have to live with the way the front sponsons blended seamlessly into the nose section, but I couldn't. I made these panels out of brass. It was a very tricky job, especially making the second panel, as that had to match the first.
K Keith-7 Member Joined Sep 3, 2024 Messages 57 Today at 1:09 AM #66 Because it was impossible to make these panels in one piece, the plan was to make one end out of brass and use wire for the other end for the straight edge and hight of the panel and then fill in the middle with body filler.
Because it was impossible to make these panels in one piece, the plan was to make one end out of brass and use wire for the other end for the straight edge and hight of the panel and then fill in the middle with body filler.
K Keith-7 Member Joined Sep 3, 2024 Messages 57 Today at 1:12 AM #67 The left side is finished and the right side has been filled, but the filler hasn't been shaped/sanded yet. I'll know more when it's had a coat of primer, but so far it's looking like it's worked out ok.
The left side is finished and the right side has been filled, but the filler hasn't been shaped/sanded yet. I'll know more when it's had a coat of primer, but so far it's looking like it's worked out ok.