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| Dry fitting of the panel. Note the cut outs for the tank and tank vents. |
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| The tank hatch was cut and a paper template was made for the rivet pattern. |
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| Dry fitting the hatch. Fit is good! |
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| The panel glued in place after riveting and shaping. |
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| The hatch will get more detail by adding the slotted screws later on. |
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| I built a stand/jig for the fuselage from ply wood and MDF. |
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| The fuselage in the jig. |
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| First panel on the bottom. |
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| Panel #4 finally fits the gap. |
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| More lithoplating in progress. |
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| The fuel tank hatch drawn onto the panel. |
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| Fuel tank hatch cut out. MDF backing for a better sawing and filing of the thin sheet metal. |
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| Nice cut out, a little fine tuning is still necessary. |
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| Dry fitting of the large hatch. |
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| Embossed and engraved rivets and fasterner detail. The hinge is made of telescoping tubing from Albion Alloys. |
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| Styrene template for the large panel on the right side of the fuselage. Frames and longerons marked with a pencil. |
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| Finished panel glued in place. Plating of the fuel tank chamber started. |
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| Dry fitting of the Floor plating and fuel tank plating. |
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| Circular opening for the external energy socket. Oval opening for the oxygen filler port. |
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| Plating with rivet detail glued into place. |
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| Left side plating of the fuel tank chamber. |
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| Marking the frame positions on the paling. |
