My First Scratch build

[Nick Milligan]

All these bolts in the molds has to mean something?

Well, I'm a little excited to find out.

[Vettster]

Your going to have to wait till Christmas to find out lol

[Vettster]

Finally home long enough to open the mold... I have a fuselage!! Very happy with the results.

Weight so far...
2 wings...1273
2 Horizontal stabs..654
Fuse..2155
Total...4082 grams or 9 lbs

Still have to include the vertical stab,wing tips and ailerons..so possibly under 12 lbs. Much lighter than I expected. I was figuring about 15 lbs. The wings will be made much lighter in the future as I have redesigned my method for holding the wings on.

[Ramjet]

Great job Trevor , best building I've seen since living by Graeme Mears and hanging out in his workshop years ago .

[Vettster]

Hey thanks for the huge compliment Roger!!

[Vettster]

Noticed a couple of problems. One not so big..but the other will take a bit of time.

A closer look at the fuse shows a slight misalignment. Good enough for the prototype but not production. That has been fixed with the addition of some 3/4" frames to stop the top mold from twisting. The other is more complicated. I chose the wrong location for the elevator tube and this means re working the molds. Not the end of the world..but a set back for sure. The tube needs to be further forward to place the load over the vertical former for structural strength. Oh Well.. no one said it was easy