Bought an Airplane.

[peterb]

I'm not seeing any gun mounts. There will be guns right? Right?

I expect they'll be underslung, next to the bomb bay doors. The synchronising with the prop might be a little easier if they are further back

Seriously - great to see it coming on so well. When do you expect to see it in the air, TeePee?

[santa claus]

Great thread; I've been following avidly. I feel like the mods ought to add theme music like 633 squadron or The Dam Busters so readers can absorb themselves in the experience. Noticed the Duke (a monster?) too; you certainly like a challenge Teepee

[markhux]

Thanks for sharing this. Really interesting rebuild of one of the coolest homebuilt's ever. I'm in the midst of rebuilding a midget mustang and I commend you for taking the time to create a build log (something I certainly don;t have the patience for).

[TheAnimus]

Building an airplane is definately something on my bucket list. Hopefully I'll find myself in a situation to be able to do it sometime, I was thinking I could turn the front room of my flat into.....

But your bump has reminded me, how's it all going TeePee? I trust I'll be allowed to take it for a spin some time when it's built

[GoNz0]

maybe a spins not the best way to fly it!

[TheAnimus]

If the air screw doesn't spin, it doesn't go anywhere.

[Zak33]

one has to ask... was this previously shot down?

reason I ask is the lines showing through cabin look similar


to this damage modeling in IL2

[TeePee]

Love some Midget Mustang!



Here's some update!

With he plane still jigged level and straight, I worked on fitting the tail surfaces. The previous builder messed this up, of course.



I made shims and reinforced the frame with some solid doubler plates.



Then fitted the Vertical Stabilizer. This actually fit well, and all I had to do was drill some trim pieces to set the angle.




With the tail surfaces now properly fitted they are removed again. I know, frustrating, but they'll just be in the way. Now at least the attachment points are correct so they can go back in the right place! With the parts that need aligning complete, the fuselage can be removed from the jig. It's now mounted on a spit!





I now have access to complete a lot of the bottom riveting, along with fitting internal brackets for everything, and to clean up some of the bodywork.

[peterb]

Another cracking good practical engineering project - good to se it progressing!

[Jonj1611]

An epic build Would love to do this if I had the time, money and space.