1909 (ro so ) Bleriot XI
Jun 27, 2010 18:21:45 GMT -4
Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 18:21:45 GMT -4
Well folks, it’s a hot Sunday for the end of June and I’ve been spending the day in my nice cool basement. I’m working on finishing touches on a couple of car models and while waiting for glue and paint to dry , I thought I would do some long awaited –n- needed repairs on a old balsa stick –n- tissue model plane that I had built many years ago.
It has had its share of what we call “Hanger Rash” I don’t know just how many times I broke off a wing or two. It’s has some holes in the tissue covering. So here it is again all fix up, sort of.
About a 1909 (give or take a few years) Bleriot XI. This was an R/N kit. I don’t think their still in business any more. It is meant for indoor flight, by rubber band or Co2 motor or with today’s electric powered small R/C motors and radio gear, I guess you could convert it for that too. Mine is just for static display.
The wing span is 26 “long 61/2 “wide. The fuselage is from end of rudder to tip of the prop is 23” long.
The kit came with solid black painted wooden wheels. I used some motor cycle’s tires but the ones I first used never match. Now they do. The kits landing gear was made from hard wood but I made my own from brass and aluminum tubing. The gas tank was made from a wooden dole. The seat from balsa wood too. Added some black thread for the rigging and done.
You can see the tissue patch job but I think in time (lots of it again) It’ll start to match. And then again back in the old days they were always patching things up on them old planes.
It has had its share of what we call “Hanger Rash” I don’t know just how many times I broke off a wing or two. It’s has some holes in the tissue covering. So here it is again all fix up, sort of.
About a 1909 (give or take a few years) Bleriot XI. This was an R/N kit. I don’t think their still in business any more. It is meant for indoor flight, by rubber band or Co2 motor or with today’s electric powered small R/C motors and radio gear, I guess you could convert it for that too. Mine is just for static display.
The wing span is 26 “long 61/2 “wide. The fuselage is from end of rudder to tip of the prop is 23” long.
The kit came with solid black painted wooden wheels. I used some motor cycle’s tires but the ones I first used never match. Now they do. The kits landing gear was made from hard wood but I made my own from brass and aluminum tubing. The gas tank was made from a wooden dole. The seat from balsa wood too. Added some black thread for the rigging and done.
You can see the tissue patch job but I think in time (lots of it again) It’ll start to match. And then again back in the old days they were always patching things up on them old planes.
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