My New Shell

[Michael Carter]

Busy hands are happy hands.


I too had trouble getting my head around all of the compound angles present in the window structure(s).

Get one angle right and the rest look wrong. Change that one, and then parts don't quite fit anymore. Re-cut, and then test fit again. And again, and sometimes yet again. Getting these angles to approximately correct was harder than building my throttle.

The mitre box and the adjustable jig saw had quite a workout with this area of the build.

[JBaymore]

WOW Efe,
Now i know why your the new Director of Marketing, you managed to agree with everyone at the same time offend noone hmmmmm thats quite a feat indeed

Tim

Efe for President!

[BHawthorne]

Wow, that's a lot of progress on a shell build for one weekend. Good job!

[Radar]

Man that looks great Trevor. Keep up the great work. If i'm ever down your way I would love to see your wife !!! Oh.. Oh.. I mean your sim

Mike

[Joe Cygan]

Outstanding work Trevor!

[jmig]

That is more than I could do in one weekend. Why build it to look like an airplane vs a box. The answer is simple.

When you wife brings the bridge club in to see what the crazy husband is up to, they need to see an AIRPLANE and not a box.

Everyone knows you can't fly a box.

[Trevor Hale]

That is more than I could do in one weekend. Why build it to look like an airplane vs a box. The answer is simple.

When you wife brings the bridge club in to see what the crazy husband is up to, they need to see an AIRPLANE and not a box.

Everyone knows you can't fly a box.

You are soooo right. Bragging rights

I will post new pictures shortley. Almost finished covering the roof, and has that MEAN look to it.

Trev

[Tracy Hale]

When you wife brings the bridge club in to see what the crazy husband is up to, they need to see an AIRPLANE and not a box.

What makes you think I show my friends how insane my hubby is?

[mpl330]

Looks great Trev!
But can I ask, why are the windows blanked out?

Is it a template to get the angles correct?

Doh - so naive!
Cheers
Mike

[Trevor Hale]

ROFL. Mike your exactly right. It is almost imposible to build window frames without windows. In order to keep everything alligned correctly, I had to make fake windows, for obvious reasons, you don't want to practice with expensive plexi. So we made window templates and It also holds everything together firmly when attaching the stringers.

Funny enough, I have just removed the front two windows (fake ones) to have a look, and I almost pee'd myself. Looks great.

Trev