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This is by no means my first piccy in the series. I'm hoping that Blair can resequence them for me.
This is what happens when your mask does not quite fit. You get a blue beard. (Better than grey anyway)And yes my lungs turned blue too.
Do not ask me how I know. | 
Homemade aluminum jig to drill the engine mounts. | 
Love that pneumatic riveter! | 
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Time was when I used these to round up the cows. Now I just get to assemble them. But sometimes I test fly them too. |
Parts assembled with "Duralac" - still around, first used in the 1930s on seaplanes.Causes liver cancer they say, but keeps the corrosion out. | 
You need a few power tools. These are my two orbital sanders. | 
"Silicon Sealer" is specified for the fuel system components.
But in Australia, I cannot find true "silicon" sealers other than "SILASTIC"
DO NOT USE ON FUEL SYSTEMS!!
Your engine will stop..! "Post a Comment" to me for more details.
The bottle I have illustrated smells for all the world like shellac, as used by Marconi in the 1800s for electrical insulation. But it does seal and it does not react with fuel. | 
WE do have nasty tropical diseases here in Australia, but the scary green blotches shown here is the "guide coat" recommended to me by ace helicopter painter "Jacko". When you orbitally sand the gel coat for late paint adhesion, it useful to have a surface sacrificial coat, to show where the initial surface is now sanded and where it is not.
No green blotches - no problem. |
You'll need lots of this stuff. Mine is called "Kahfil" Who thinks up these names? | 
This is a sandable primer that I used before the interior finish. Quite a lot softer to sand than the primer I used for exterior. | 
I'm going to use bolts instead of the supplied rivets to attach the front undercarriage bow clamps. This because The assembled aircraft will be too tall with u/c attached, to come out of my workshop.
Also I will use the doubler shown here to spread the load on the front of the front bow clamps, with similar items on the back of the front bow clamps.
They will not increase the crashworthiness in any way, that matter is well taken care of by the 8 vertical components provided.
But they may well decrease fretting damage caused by the hard rivets on the soft fibreglass floor. | 
Another view of the same doubler.
I will rivet each one to the vertical frame using 1/8 pop rivets. The pen shows the first rivet hole. |
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