The Seattle 737 project

[Qantas747]

Hey,

Have you decided what is going to go INSIDE the sim?
I can imagine that you have been putting all of your efforts into the outside, but have you thought of what MIP you will use, what overhead, CDU, throttle quadrant etc?

Ollie

[AndreNordheim]

Hey,

Have you decided what is going to go INSIDE the sim?
I can imagine that you have been putting all of your efforts into the outside, but have you thought of what MIP you will use, what overhead, CDU, throttle quadrant etc?

Ollie

Hi Ollie,

I am still debating on the internal components but I'm starting to narrow down the choices.
I have ordered the MIP from simworld.

[AndreNordheim]

Ollie, I have for sure followed Kjetil during his build but my inspiration goes much further back than that. The dream goes way back and i guess i can say that ut was triggered back when Ivar built his fantastic 737.
The love for aviation and the neverending desire to craft things with my hands caused me to pull the trigger on this dream project of mine.

Very, very nice looking shell mate! Wish I had the time, skills and money to build a sim like that. Will closely watch this thread. By the way, was the name of this project, and the project itself inspired by the Norwegian 737 Project?

Cheers,

Ollie

[AndreNordheim]

Base layer of skin applied. Now i will let the wood settle and glue dry before applying the finish layer. Now I'm going to grab a cold one and rest for a bit.
I still have to plug along with the window frames.
Feels like i didn't make the progress I had hoped for as traffic and curiosity slowed me down. Wish I could keep the garage door closed to keep out of the sightlines but space is premium until I get the old simpit torn down.

[vidarf]

Why don't you put up a sign:

"One question for 10 minutes of work, or shut up!"

[AndreNordheim]

Why don't you put up a sign:

"One question for 10 minutes of work, or shut up!"

I think I'm just going to skip directly to "shut up"

[vidarf]

Dude, where's the "nordlending" spirit?
Or you could just answer like a fishing captain from Lofoten would do. "Stekk av, di pesshysa!" Should leave you in peace pretty quickly!

And for our non-norwegians out there: if you don't understand what I'm talking about, get your cabooses off the coach and travel to Norway. On your way to Lofoten, visit me!

Andre is a great example on how great this hobby is. I've seen his project, noticed the Norwegian sounding name (although a lot of Americans has Norwegian names) but did not think about it. Andre lives on a different continent, in a different country. But I just learned that he was born and grew up very close to where I live!

The world has indeed become small!


PS: Do NOT ask me to translate that norwegian phrase. It is impossible!

[AndreNordheim]

Å Vidar, æ har mykje mainskjit prat i mæ. Huska du denna? Nei fy faen, den hælvetes vaskemaskinen e nu så førpult.........!!!!!

"Excuse me, this may sound like a stupid question but are you building an Igloo?". I looked at her and said nothing but thought to myself "what the f$&@ is wrong with people?". An Igloo????? Really?????? Do you really want to go there??????? I contained myself and shook my head as she moved on, muttering to myself that she would be one of those people who didn't deserve a closer look or an answer. The progress may not be that noticeable but I did finish the skinning of the entire captain's side, including finish sanding and nails punched down. Actually, I was so excited that I had to pull out the filler and get a rough coat onto the rear portion of the captain's side. Tomorrow I will ensure that the first officer gets the same treatment. The roof will have to wait until this weekend.

[AndreNordheim]

Alright, we made it to 5 weeks. I feel like a cripple every night going to bed after working 2 full time jobs (one of them pays me and the other one takes money away).

Where does the build sit right now?

Sheeting done, surface sanded and nails punched on the entire lower part of the flight deck.
8 cartridges of glue used.
About 5200 finish nails have gone into the shell.
About 800 screws on the framework.
4 sheets of plywood.
6 sheets of hardboard.
3 #2 drill bits shattered.
One orbital sander went to heaven.
One jigsaw landed in the street because it couldn't cut straight (true!).
One of the hand drills only works when it wants to now. May end up in a street near you soon!
3 Jigsaw blades.
One pair of tennis shoes are now leaking as a nail decided to poke through my sole.
One gallon of drywall compound so far.
And the list goes on............

Today's question from a random bypasser..... Is it flyable now? Serious? When will these stupid questions end? I've considered putting up a big dry erase board and list the top 10 stupid questions for everyone to see. Yes? No?

Anyway, as you can see on the first picture I really have to consider demolition work on the old simpit sooner rather than later. It kills me to tear it down but I'm afraid I have no option

Wanna see pictures? Here we gooooooooooooo..

[AndreNordheim]

Alright, pulled the roof section off in order to apply the second layer of hardboard. Hope to get this done tomorrow. Shouldn't be too big of a deal. The next step after that is to get multiple layers of filler on and sand it ready for paint.
As for the bottom I still have some finish work with window framing to do and prep for window installation. Both captain and first officer side have one coat of filler applied and it will soon be time to start the dreaded job of sanding.
Worked on the rounded corners of the aft side windows today. Ended up too rounded in the upper corner but it will have to do.