"Memories of Flight School"
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Jenny 4 attachment points.
These are the 4 attachment points that I am thinking about.One wheel ,2 wingtips and a tailskid towbar.I would really like to leave the wingtips free but there is just too much stress at the wing roots.The braces are not too weighty looking ,as sawhorses would be.
These are the 4 attachment points that I am thinking about.One wheel ,2 wingtips and a tailskid towbar.I would really like to leave the wingtips free but there is just too much stress at the wing roots.The braces are not too weighty looking ,as sawhorses would be.
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Installing Jenny!
The pics of the main wheel installation are pretty much self-explanatory .
I had forgotten about the wingtip skids that I had made awhile ago ,so I think that I will use these to secure the wings ,rather than the wing brace idea.The aircraft's wingspan is less obstructed and the screwjack sort of suggests something going on, maybe a repair of the wing skid itself.The other skid only has blocks to support it ,but there will eventually be a grouping of four pilot figures standing in this area ,so it will hardly be noticeable.
The pics of the main wheel installation are pretty much self-explanatory .
I had forgotten about the wingtip skids that I had made awhile ago ,so I think that I will use these to secure the wings ,rather than the wing brace idea.The aircraft's wingspan is less obstructed and the screwjack sort of suggests something going on, maybe a repair of the wing skid itself.The other skid only has blocks to support it ,but there will eventually be a grouping of four pilot figures standing in this area ,so it will hardly be noticeable.
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I have only temporarily installed a somewhat crude looking screw jack to the wing tip skids.After I finalize the exact angle that I want the airplane to be in the hangar,I will fasten down the tail skid to the tow bar and then work on the wing supports.With everything then stabilized I can finally tighten up the rigging for the last time without any annoying movement.Prior to this,if you tightened up a landing wire,a flying wire would come loose or maybe even and interplane cross brace wire.I guess that you can now see why I had to take everything apart down to the bare hangar floor,just to have enough room to work on all this stuff.
I don't plan to put a lot of junk lying around the main hangar floor for two reasons.One, I want the main focus to be on the airplane and related main storyline.Two ,being a day of remembrance and management having invited all these dignitaries to the hangar for a get together,I figure that a small clean-up campaign would be in order,especially for military men.
If anyone has any suggestions for some subtle eye candy it could still be added now.I thought of maybe a sand filled fire pail or two but what it really needs is something unexpected ,like the spilled nuts and bolts on the floor idea ,that I accidentally came up with to put in the Nieuport diorama.Or the washing on the line in the up coming "Backyard Flyer" diorama but of course something just a little more subtle than that!
I don't plan to put a lot of junk lying around the main hangar floor for two reasons.One, I want the main focus to be on the airplane and related main storyline.Two ,being a day of remembrance and management having invited all these dignitaries to the hangar for a get together,I figure that a small clean-up campaign would be in order,especially for military men.
If anyone has any suggestions for some subtle eye candy it could still be added now.I thought of maybe a sand filled fire pail or two but what it really needs is something unexpected ,like the spilled nuts and bolts on the floor idea ,that I accidentally came up with to put in the Nieuport diorama.Or the washing on the line in the up coming "Backyard Flyer" diorama but of course something just a little more subtle than that!
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Hey, I got an idea! How about doing just the outline of a few things such as pails,boxes or whatever using pastels.That would also suggest a clean-up of some kind had been carried out.Any others?
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Rather than resting the tail skid on the towbar I decided use the tailpost for the same purpose as I prefer the lower tail position.The aircraft is now secured down at 5 different points with fine wire.Later I will wind the wire around a screw that will be placed under the floor.
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Here I have temporarily propped up the backwall to check for clearances.I think that it is the logical place to start .The Ford truck will be loading bits and pieces from the Jenny military basketcase ,to take to the junkyard.(work goes on even on Remembrance Day)
The Ford diecast is really heavy and it would be a disaster if it ever came loose ,so I will have to secure it well.The figures are temporarily positioned,one loading some junk on the van and the other, Bonnie, the barnstormer's girlfriend,is looking on.Bonnie looks a little tough but she is a daredevil wingwalker and stuntwoman and a very independent women for the era.
The fellow looking into the cockpit is a little too tall as he is still standing on his resin base.
The Ford diecast is really heavy and it would be a disaster if it ever came loose ,so I will have to secure it well.The figures are temporarily positioned,one loading some junk on the van and the other, Bonnie, the barnstormer's girlfriend,is looking on.Bonnie looks a little tough but she is a daredevil wingwalker and stuntwoman and a very independent women for the era.
The fellow looking into the cockpit is a little too tall as he is still standing on his resin base.
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Bonnie's dayjob!
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This is the Jenny at the CAM.I took this pic yesterday while attending the air meet in Ottawa.Being a Sunday there was no Admin around to grant me access to do a walkaround.Maybe next time when I return to discuss the presentation cases for the dioramas.There is also a nice little theater there,right beside the airplane that shows a short film to honor Jenny's contribution to aviation here in Canada.
