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Say, are those two jigged frames first "bubble tops" in mid right of VCS1's posted photo?

I love assembly images because they give great insight into how the planes are built. Try putting a stright edge on the various stringers in the vertical tail cone shot. Funny how our eyes see curves where none exist.

thank you VCS1!

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In the shot of the four workers assembling the aft fuselage, amongst other things do you think the guy in the lower right side of the picture has a long enough extension drill bit? That thing must be 14 inches long!! :shock:

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Dan K wrote:
Jesse C. wrote:
Now there is an idea for a real resto, a two seat Bolt for giving out rides in! You can get a ride in almost every type of bird left except for the T'Bolt.



I thought for sure the POF razorback had seating for two (or did you mean that POF won't provide rides?).

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Gee, I thought the UN just flew Black Helicopters! :wink:

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Those long drill bits are for aligning holes thru a curved surface. I have a few in my tool box, but not enough, then again I am not in the airplane manufacturing business.
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I have not seen the dual control T-bolt before!

That would be great fun.

Thanks for the pics.

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BTW the pilot in the 2nd photo is Dave Schilling and in the 3rd photo Pete Dade.

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RyanShort1 wrote:
Nice diorama, but I keep thinking that it looks like the props are backwards. Did you scratch build the whole thing? The reason that I ask is that most kits already have them molded correctly...

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That's an old Hawk/ Testors kit, and the blades were all separate from the hub, and as a kit, the builder had to assemble the propeller.

I have built a few of those same kits in my day, and I remember that I hated those props, compared to the Monogram kits.

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