Saturday, August 4, 2012

sewing in the wings




Well you never know how things will go with a project like this.  I have the original plans so my my size scale is correct but who cares.  today I cut the covering for the wings out of 1/4 inch screening material.  This will allow wind and rain to pass through since this plane will be out in the elements.  So I thought i would use aluminum wire for the supports and to sew the screening to the wings.   Well  it almost worked.  I drilled holes and threaded the wire for the support.  Then I started sewing the screen to the frame.  But i noticed how the support wires were getting loose.  Then the aluminum wire started breaking so I decided to started over with maleable steel wire .   I think it will last longer.

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