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[Scale-Master]

More progress, not a bad day’s work as far as I’m concerned…

I used brass rod inserted and soldered inside the square tube (full length plus mounting points) for these vertical members for additional strength.  And I drilled receiver holes into the frame for a positive fit too.

Tack soldered these parts to the top of the frame…

And then soldered them all together. 

Top:

Bottom:

[LAone]

Awesome work man.

[Chas SCR]

Looks great Mark, How did you keep the bend to conture the frame rail going to the nose?

[Scale-Master]

Looks great Mark, How did you keep the bend to conture the frame rail going to the nose?

Thanks, but I'm not sure what you're asking. I bent the frame rails and reinforced each bend, then soldered them together. There are four bends in each lower frame rail.

 

 

More bracing made and installed…

[lanesteele240]

Man that is boss

[Chas SCR]

Ok on that pic there, the lower frame rail each side all one piece with 3 bends in them?  If so did you heat it up and then put the bends in before soldering the reinforced bars in?

[Scale-Master]

Ok on that pic there, the lower frame rail each side all one piece with 3 bends in them?  If so did you heat it up and then put the bends in before soldering the reinforced bars in?

No heating & bending as I think you are asking.   I cut/notched the rails where the bends are then reinforced those cuts/bends with brass and solder (inside the tube) before assembling them into the frame.  That way each part has no stress on it and I was able to make them match.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Man, that's some pretty work.

[crazyrichard]

awsome to watch

[Scale-Master]

Thanks guys!  Still growing…

[vintagedragfan]

that is sweet !  looks like it would hold you up!

[Mooneyzs]

Nice work on the frame Mark. Its turning out nice.

[cobraman]

More and more fantastic work.

[Chas SCR]

Ok that is what I was trying to get at thanks for the info Mark. Looks great and hope to see some of it in 5 weeks.

[Scale-Master]

Yeah, I am going for stout, and it has been paying off.  I may need to take a break, my fingers are really getting sore from filing all the little brass reinforcement pins.

I plan to bring it in May, whatever stage it is at. 

[Scale-Master]

This is one of the two cockpit side X-braces.  They had to be notched at the intersection.

And they are installed…

[Scale-Master]

I started fitting the rear body section to the frame so I could take some measurements to build the rear portion of the frame.

[Pete J.]

Very nice Mark. This is really shaping up to be a true masterpiece. The next Seven will have to run to beat it!

[Webb]

Wow Mark! After checking out yours and Bill's (Davis) scratch building talents, I feel like a real HACK! Just amazing stuff.

Chris

[Alyn]

The chassis looks great, but I'm more impressed with the rear body work.

 

Very nice, Mark