Brazil WS Museum Stearman
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This is a picture of me flying in the front seat. I am not a pliot, so I had to ride along. Although, don't tell anybody but the pilot let me "drive" a little.
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Box and sprues.
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Box and sprues.
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Starting to build the tandem cockpit
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Cockpit inside structure.
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Dry fit of cockpit installed in the fuselage
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Cockpit details
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Started painting yellow color on the Stearman
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View from the fuselage assembly, so far
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Had to install the wing cables before assembly of the wings. Used a vise to drill the holes for 0.5mm nylon line.
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Fuselage painted yellow.
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Detail of engine with some scratvhbuild using solder wire
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Some solder wire used on the stabilizers rigging.
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I decided to paint and apply decals before assembly. It would be very difficult to do it after the wings and rigging are assembled.
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One more picture of painted and "futured" parts.
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Now with the decals and stencils. Most of them I had to custom made, in order to reflect the Stearman of WS Aviation Museum I have flown.
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One more picture of the parts with the decals.
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Starting the boring and stressful task of placing the rigging between fuselage and wings. ??
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Wings rigging during progress. ?
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Rigged Stearman, top view.
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Rigged Stearman, bottom view
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Rigged Stearman, bottom view
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Model almost completed.
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Model completed
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Model completed, bottom view
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15 11 October 2023, 14:36
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This is a model for the Stearman owned by WS Museum, located in Campo Largo city, state os Paraná Brazil. I had the pleasure to fly this very same plane, and it was amazing!