Paul Sanders's Blog – November 2011 Archive (2)

100 Hrs In

This weekend marked the 100th hour of build time and the official start of the wings. Thanks to a bunch of rookie mistakes and some plain old carelessness I think I am probably about 20-25 hours behind a "normal" build time (whatever that is) but I am quite pleased with what I've managed to do: the rudder, the slats, the flaperons, the horizontal stab, the elevator, and the nose ribs/slat support assemblies.

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Added by Paul Sanders on November 7, 2011 at 4:01pm — 1 Comment

My new favourite tool

I'm probably the last person to catch on, but I recently bought this Olfa P800 knife for trimming skin edges and it is fantastic. No more snips and scotch brite for me.


Have to thank plane builders for sharing their tips online and unwittingly guiding me to the right blade.

Added by Paul Sanders on November 2, 2011 at 9:23am — 4 Comments

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