Adam's Sopwith Pup

04/01/08 7:30

90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force today. Have completed a grand total of 4 ribs now, seems to be taking a couple of hours to complete each one, plus they each need at least a night clamped in the jig for the glue to set. Janet helped me make one on Sunday evening that turned out particularly well. T-88 glue is excellent for strength but pretty gloopy stuff to work with... I've learned that a syringe comes in very useful for dispensing it into the channel in the capstrip, sort of like icing a cake.

Visited the Weeks Hangar on Saturday to look at the Bleriot project. Got some good ideas and advice from Gary Buettner.