Brazil WS Museum Stearman View: Slideshow Mosaic List 1 October 11, 2023
This is a picture of me flying in the front seat. I am not a pliot, so I had to ride along. Although, don't tell anybody but the pilot let me "drive" a little.
2 October 11, 2023
Box and sprues.
3 October 11, 2023
Box and sprues.
4 October 12, 2023
Starting to build the tandem cockpit
5 October 12, 2023
Cockpit inside structure.
6 October 12, 2023
Dry fit of cockpit installed in the fuselage
7 October 12, 2023
Cockpit details
8 November 13, 2023
Started painting yellow color on the Stearman
9 October 12, 2023
View from the fuselage assembly, so far
10 October 12, 2023
Had to install the wing cables before assembly of the wings. Used a vise to drill the holes for 0.5mm nylon line.
11 November 13, 2023
Fuselage painted yellow.
12 November 13, 2023
Detail of engine with some scratvhbuild using solder wire
13 November 13, 2023
Some solder wire used on the stabilizers rigging.
14 November 21, 2023
I decided to paint and apply decals before assembly. It would be very difficult to do it after the wings and rigging are assembled.
15 November 21, 2023
One more picture of painted and "futured" parts.
16 December 29, 2023
Now with the decals and stencils. Most of them I had to custom made, in order to reflect the Stearman of WS Aviation Museum I have flown.
17 December 29, 2023
One more picture of the parts with the decals.
18 December 29, 2023
Starting the boring and stressful task of placing the rigging between fuselage and wings. ??
19 December 29, 2023
Wings rigging during progress. ?
20 December 29, 2023
Rigged Stearman, top view.
21 December 29, 2023
Rigged Stearman, bottom view
22 December 29, 2023
Rigged Stearman, bottom view
23 December 29, 2023
Model almost completed.
24 December 29, 2023
Model completed
25 December 29, 2023
Model completed, bottom view
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Ben M Watching
13 November 2023, 13:59
Album info This is a model for the Stearman owned by WS Museum, located in Campo Largo city, state os Paraná Brazil. I had the pleasure to fly this very same plane, and it was amazing!
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