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Comment by Vincent Demers on July 11, 2013 at 8:13am

You're right about the Equipment Bruce.

Im still building the tools I need to build the plane! :)

Comment by Clint L Gosch on July 10, 2013 at 8:55pm

Thanks for the number Bruce, I'm sure I'll need it when I get a bit further along.

Comment by Bruce Cobo on July 10, 2013 at 6:36pm

The smaller the workspace the more organized you will need to be. People have done this in a single car garage but its nice to have a 2 or 3 car garage. As a scratch builder there will be more equipment but it is do-able. Enjoy the journey Vincent and don't be in a hurry.

Comment by Vincent Demers on July 9, 2013 at 10:06am

I love it when I see people with a small shop (like me).

It makes me believe that I might be able to pull this off...... :)

Comment by Bruce Cobo on July 8, 2013 at 8:52pm

Thanks Clint, one thing that I would pay more attention to is planning the rivet spacing where there is an intersection. Find the intersecting rivet by drawing the intersecting lines with your sharpie and use the rivet fence to evenly space from the intersection to the end of the rows. It doesn't have to be exactly 40 mm between each rivet it can be less but it will render cleaner intersecting rivet lines. If you do each line independently you can get some unsightly rivet groupings around the intersection.

The baggage comp. requires some thought about how you will rivet each part and I don't many of the panels getting installed until all the rigging, hoses, wiring, etc. are installed.

Clint, my cell is 928-607-0253 feel free to call anytime. If I don't have an answer maybe we can figure it out together.

Happy building

Bruce

Comment by Clint L Gosch on July 7, 2013 at 9:41pm

Looks great! You're making good progress! Any issues with rivet layouts per the plans? Been studying the fuselage, everything "looks" fairly straight forward, but i'd bet there are quite a few opportunities for error.  Most of my concern is centered around the baggage area, control attach points, and forward fuselage floor. Any insight would be appreciated.