Here is Pete's Phantom project.
1. Eastern Red Cedar, plan from "virtual aircraft museum" and proportional scale.
2. Pattern cut out from opaque plastic sheet from quilters supply store.
3. After band sawing, now the carving starts.
4. Caliper, knife and thumb guard.
5. Tapering wings, etc.
6. Ready to start on the fuselage.
7. Many chips later, and pictures to ensure accuracy.
8. Finishing nails with the heads cut off to join the wings.
9. Quilting pins for thinner parts.
10. Drop tanks shaped with sander.
11. We have wings, glued on with clear Gorilla glue ( blue label), and tail pipes.
12. My Foredom and Dremel stuff...gotta grind down the wing roots.
13. Now for the sanding by hand...note the intake nozzles in place.
14. Sanding mop sure helps.
15. Three tools, many tips and dust collector.
16. Tail, drop tanks....photos are helpful.
17. Tail on, tanks set....at least three projects always on the go.
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18. Hard points for ordnance.
19. Some things must be held in place until set....sticky tac.
20. Can't have too many pictures.
21. Landing gear coming up, more missiles in place.
22. The mount.
23. Looking good, now comes the varnish.
24. Oops ! Dropped from four feet....repair work needed.
25. More structural damage than I thought....oh, well.
26. Some glue, some varnish....looking good.
27. Heading North.....
28. Loaded for bear.
29. Why I like working with Cedar