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| First I made a template defining the correct angle of the seat inclination. The guide rails have to precisely fit behind frame 5. |
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| Guide rails milled from brass and files to the correct dimensions. |
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| Top view of the guide rails and frame 5 segments. |
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| I soldered stripes on top of the H-profile. |
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| One profile is already cleaned up. The holes are to lock the seat in 6 different height positions. |
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| Frame 6 of the right shell. |
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| Dry fitting of parts. |
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| Former made from 2mm MDF of frame 6. |
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| Longitudinal stringer and frame 5 and 2. |
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| Again, some dry fitting ... |
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| Fit is OK ... |
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| Segments of frame 6 have to fit exactly. |
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| Detail of frame 2 (with 4 holes). |
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| Tank chamber roof plating started. |
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| More plating done. |
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| No, that isn´t a kitchen sink!! |
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| Plating completed :-) |
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| Detail shot of forward section. |
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| Right side: The strap was cut from 0.3 mm litho. |
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| Shape and dimensions were taken from the Bentley drawings. |
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| The rivet pattern from Jerry Crandall´s superb YELLOW 10 book. |
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| Left side showing the upper strap. The real one was made of steel. |
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| Dry fitting of parts. |
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| Foot step and hand hold. |
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| Using styrene templates to make the frames. |
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| Coffee break :-) |
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| Someone has to clean the workshop!! |
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| Right fuselage side shell: After cutting it´s time to mark all important details. |
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| Fit is OK! |
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| Cutting the hatches was done next. |
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| Followed by embossing the rivets and shaping of the panel. |
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| Left fuselage shell taped to the jig. Marking frames, rivet lines et al. |
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| Dry fitting to the fuselage. |
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| Checking the fit and dimensions. |
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| Embossed rivet detail. |
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| Making the finger strap. |
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| Finger strap glued into the shell with epoxy. |
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| Test of Z- und U-profiles bent from litho. |
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| Joggle joint. |
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| Doing the joggle. |
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| Fit is OK. |
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| Frame 7 formed over MDF. |
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| Hand grip glued in place. |
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| Test fitting a template for frame 6. |
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| Jig for the center fuselage section. Built from MDF and balsa. |
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| Frames marked on the jig. I also cut some frames from MDF as templates. |
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| Designing the roof of the luggage compartment. |
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| Making a tool for shaping the panel. |
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| Basic shaping of the panel is done. Some areas had to be annealed four times. |
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| Dryfitting of the panel. |
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| Right side view. More bending to come. |
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| Sides bent dowwn to allow for mounting the canopy rails. |
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| Tool for making frame 6. |
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| Upper segment of frame 6 in place. |
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| Some details still missing. |
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| Dry fitting looks OK. |
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| Picture shows the shape to good advantage. |
