Saturday, July 25, 2009

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This is a build following for the Aviation Products, Inc. P-51 Pedal Plane, which was introduced at Oshkosh 1993. I was able to build this ...
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Final Thoughts

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I want to start off by saying that this plane was a labor of love. I built it from start to finish in under 3 weeks. While I'm sure th...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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SUCCESS! Photo opportunity completed! I could not be more pleased! Dr. Hunt, the Military Aviation Museum's Director, was a great help...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Pedals, Gear nightmare, and steel reserve

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June 19, 2009 After duty today, the lighting was perfect for a photo of the nearly completed bird. One of the things I've been noticing...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Painting - Day 4 and Midnight Madness

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June 18, 2009 Boy, they sure gave me A LOT of extra hardware! That is a good thing, but I was finding screws and bolts to things that I don...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Painting - Day 3

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June 17, 2009 Rapid progress today, and it is REALLY starting to look wonderful! I decided to leave the panels on for the rest of the painti...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Painting - Day 2

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June 16, 2009 I was not happy with the way the spray-on metallic came out, so I went back to Ace Hardware and found a brush on/roller metall...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Painting - Day 1

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June 15, 2009 Today was by far one of the most grueling days of this build. I finished cutting a few pieces out of ply (the landing gear an...

All Packages Arrived!

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June 14, 2009 (Flag Day) I've been on a hiatus from the project, as I was at my wife's family reunion/grandparent's 60th wedding...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Primer and Painting Begins

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June 8, 2009 I didn't work on the bird yesterday ( hence no blog) but I made up for lost time with that today. I gave the fuse and wing...
Friday, June 5, 2009

Sanding sealer

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Today I finished putting on bondo in the areas that were in need of filler. I opted to not concern myself on the lower surfaces simply beca...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Fuselage Complete!

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June 4, 2009 (the build part) I had a VERY productive day today on the P-51. The remaining formers were glued in (required some trimming, b...

Double Trouble Too

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June 4, 2009 For those curious, Double Trouble Too has been a P-51D that I have seen since I was a child. Don Davidson used to fly it to th...