Here is part 2 of the Cessna 177 Cardinal show. The 177RG, or retractable gear variant. From checking the kit over, it has about 90% common parts with the standard fixed gear model I tested in my other thread. I have found a couple items early in the build where the shared parts could potentially cause a problem. I'll point those out as I go.
1. Started out with the nose section of the main fuselage. I think this plane might look familiar to Ryan S! :)
2-3. Here is the intake and first strip of the engine cowling. Like the first model, I cut off the tabs and used 20lb paper to make new glue tabs.
4. The first 4 sections ready to form. I printed a second copy of the parts pages on 20 lb paper to use for the provided separate glue strips. Notice the small box parts on the ends with a red line marked? Those will be cut out for the nose gear compartment.
5. At this point I glued the two former pieces onto 1mm cardboard. Notice how the one former has a notch cut out. This is the forward former that sits right near the rear of the nose gear well box.
6-7. The first 4 parts formed and joined. Notice the marked gear well area to be cut open. You can also see the empty spot where the nose gear mounting bar would be placed on the fixed gear model. This will create a potential problem as you will see in the next pic.
8. Here is the gear well cut open with the strip for the gear mount missing. MURPH- this might be a spot where you could fill in this part of the fuselage on the RG model. It would certainly clean it up.
9. Nose gear well and gear strut/door parts and assembled gear well
10. I decided to add some connecting strips to the edges of the gear well to give more gluing surface area when installing the box into place.
11. Installed gear well box. You can see the gaps where the mounting bar is for the other model. I backed the space with paper and filled it with the filler pieces shown at the nose (made from the actual mounting bar piece).
12. Filler strips installed
13. Forward former installed at the seam between part 3 and 4. I later glued 3 fishing waits to the back to keep the nose down, just like on the fixed gear model.
14-15. First 5 sections completed.
1. Started out with the nose section of the main fuselage. I think this plane might look familiar to Ryan S! :)
2-3. Here is the intake and first strip of the engine cowling. Like the first model, I cut off the tabs and used 20lb paper to make new glue tabs.
4. The first 4 sections ready to form. I printed a second copy of the parts pages on 20 lb paper to use for the provided separate glue strips. Notice the small box parts on the ends with a red line marked? Those will be cut out for the nose gear compartment.
5. At this point I glued the two former pieces onto 1mm cardboard. Notice how the one former has a notch cut out. This is the forward former that sits right near the rear of the nose gear well box.
6-7. The first 4 parts formed and joined. Notice the marked gear well area to be cut open. You can also see the empty spot where the nose gear mounting bar would be placed on the fixed gear model. This will create a potential problem as you will see in the next pic.
8. Here is the gear well cut open with the strip for the gear mount missing. MURPH- this might be a spot where you could fill in this part of the fuselage on the RG model. It would certainly clean it up.
9. Nose gear well and gear strut/door parts and assembled gear well
10. I decided to add some connecting strips to the edges of the gear well to give more gluing surface area when installing the box into place.
11. Installed gear well box. You can see the gaps where the mounting bar is for the other model. I backed the space with paper and filled it with the filler pieces shown at the nose (made from the actual mounting bar piece).
12. Filler strips installed
13. Forward former installed at the seam between part 3 and 4. I later glued 3 fishing waits to the back to keep the nose down, just like on the fixed gear model.
14-15. First 5 sections completed.
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