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• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #9: Finishing and Assembly - 545 days ago | 2 comments

  I decided to just wipe on some Danish Oil for these projects, mainly because I’m lazy and didn’t ...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #8: Main wing struts and propeller - 545 days ago | 0 comments

  I cut the main wing struts a bit over length, with the expectation that I’ll have to fit the stru...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #7: Landing Gear and Struts - 555 days ago | 1 comment

  As I mentioned earlier, another LJer, nitewalker41, had modified my plans (see the earlier notes)...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #6: Cut out the Main Wings - 555 days ago | 1 comment

  I laid out the wings on 10 1/4” x 4” x 24” pieces of poplar (after replacing the one I’d used ear...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #5: Cut out the Tail - 555 days ago | 2 comments

  For the horizontal tail pieces, I laid all 5 of them out on a larger 1/4” x 5” by 24” piece of po...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #4: Shape the body - 585 days ago | 0 comments

  The final shaping of the body is done using a band saw, router, and sander. First I laid out t...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #3: Cutting the tail slot - 585 days ago | 0 comments

  On the first one of these I made, I cut the slot at the rear (for holding the tail) on the band s...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #2: Layout and drill holes - 585 days ago | 0 comments

  When I made my first one of these I created templates out of some hardboard. I used them to lay o...

• Toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane #1: Initial Body Glue-up - 585 days ago | 2 comments

  I made a toy Boeing Stearman Kaydet Bi-Plane for one of my grandsons in early 2011. My other daug...

• Saddle / Tack Caddy #6: Prototype Assembly - 4/17/2011 - 756 days ago | 1 comment

  On 4/17/2011 I got the prototype put together about as much as I’m going to. It has ...

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