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The Phantom Project

Started by lastvautour, September 27, 2013, 06:27:04 PM

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Here is Pete's Phantom project.

1.  Eastern Red Cedar, plan from "virtual aircraft museum" and proportional scale.


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2.  Pattern cut out from opaque plastic sheet from quilters supply store.



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3.  After band sawing, now the carving starts.


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4.  Caliper, knife and thumb guard.


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5.  Tapering wings, etc.


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6.  Ready to start on the fuselage.


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7.  Many chips later, and pictures to ensure accuracy.


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8.  Finishing nails with the heads cut off to join the wings.


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9.  Quilting pins for thinner parts.


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10. Drop tanks shaped with sander.


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11. We have wings, glued on with clear Gorilla glue ( blue label), and tail pipes.


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12. My Foredom and Dremel stuff...gotta grind down the wing roots.


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13. Now for the sanding by hand...note the intake nozzles in place.


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14. Sanding mop sure helps.


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15. Three tools, many tips and dust collector.