Monday 22 October 2012

Latest photos from Greg W

Lots going on for the blog lately & today brings photos from Greg W showing us some more of his super professional covering techniques.

He's a hard act to follow!



Should be more to come soon!

Sunday 21 October 2012

First covering!

I decided to cover the rudder to test out the white Oracover & it was very easy to use.

I ran out of enthusiasm to start on the blue chequers!

Saturday 20 October 2012

Ready to cover!

After steady progress the Pete 'n Poke is now ready to cover apart from final filling & sanding!

Really happy with how she looks with everything in place - the last photo shows the static wing struts in place which I'd forgotten to fit prior to the other photos being taken.

This baby is not that far from flying!









I think Eddie is looking forward to heading out to look for some combat action!



More soon so stay tuned!

Thursday 18 October 2012

Captain Eddie steps aboard!

I painted the insides of the cockpits & installed the instrument panel stickers.

You can't see it in the photo but I put some carbon fibre looking trimming at the rear of the cockpit.

As you can see Eddie is now aboard as I was worried that he may not fit in once the cockpit was fully sheeted which it now is!

Check him out - looks mean!




More soon!

Monday 15 October 2012

Keeping it moving

For the second day in a row, more progress!

I sheeted the other side of the front fuse - much easier the second time around....

I also cut the cockpit surrounds & fitted one side; it's really starting to take shape!




Looking forward to getting more done but no time now until late in the week.

Very happy overall with how it's all coming together.

Sunday 14 October 2012

Back in the Pete 'n Poke groove

Well, after weeks of inactivity I was moved to get back into the Pete 'n Poke build.....

Maybe it was the inspiration of the CMAC win in the scratch build challenge at Mareeba!

Anyway, I mounted up the fuel tank & elevator, rudder & throttle servos along with fitting the throttle linkage tube.




I also made a start on sheeting the top of the fuselage which proved to be a lot more difficult than it might look.


I only got one side done because the glue needs to dry - it kinda makes Pete look like a mummy!

Hopefully I'll have some more progress to report soon!

Wednesday 3 October 2012

An update at last!

Apologies to everybody following this blog for the lack of activity!

Here's a couple photos from Greg W showing off his amazing covering technique - he's streets ahead of the pack with his PnP!