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Build report of a PBY 5A, made by two Dutch modelmakers

 

 

The compleet log-book:

2000

2000

2000

14-12

4,5 hours

Overdraw lines building plan

15-12

1,75 hours

Overdraw lines building plan

16-12

20 hours

Overdraw lines building plan

16-12

2 hours

Overdraw lines building plan

18-12

0,5 hours

Overdraw lines building plan and make changes on it

20-12

4 hours

Building of partitions

23-12

4 hours

Building of partitions

27-12

8 hours

Building of partitions and constructing the front

30-12

10 hours

Constructing the back and cover it partial with shelves of balsa wood and placing of tubes for up/down and ruder

31-12

0,5 hours

Placing of an extra tube for up/down

2001

2001

2001

13-01

19 hours

Building of plywood partitions and constructing the back on the front (terrible work!)

13-01

1,5 hours

Making the fuselage more stronger

14-01

6,5 hours

Covering the fuselage with balsa wood

15-01

1,5 hours

Making the tubes for up/down and ruder longer

18-01

4 hours

Covering of the fuselage

19-01

2 hours

Covering the fuselage

21-01

1 hour

Making of the cockpit

24-01

1,5 hours

Making of the cockpit

28-01

2 hours

Making of the cockpit

28-01

1 hour

Making of the cockpit

4-02

1 hour

Sandpapering lower side

5-02

2 hours

Sandpapering the hole

6-02

0.5 hours

Sandpapering the hole

24-02

5 hours

Cockpit, Pylon

25-02

1.5 hours

Pylon

25-02

8.5 hours

Pylon

26-02

4.5 hours

Sandpaper the fuselage, pylon

28-02

1.5 hours

Sandpaper fuselage, Pylon

28-02

5 hours

Making of the stabylo ribs and wing ribs

2-03

1.5 hours

Priming fuselage

3-03

1.5 hours

Priming fuselage

4-03

2 hours

Priming fuselage

7-03

4 hours

Making of the stabylo ribs and priming the fuselage

10-03

0.5 hours

Priming fuselage and sanding fuselage

11-03

0.5 hours

Priming and sanding fuselage

16-03

1 hour

Priming fuselage

17-03

6 hours

Priming fuselage and making of the small cockpit

18-05

2 hours

Priming fuselage and completing small cockpit

19-03

1.5 hours

Priming fuselage

20-03

2 hours

Painting small cockpit and priming fuselage

22-03

2,5 hours

Making of the big cockpit

23-03

3 hours

Making of the big cockpit

24-03

10 hours

Making of the big cockpit, making of the stabylo girder, pylon

25-03

0,5

Placing in the back of the fuselage the control cables

26-03

2 hours

Making of the wing ribs

27-03

2 hours

Making of the wing ribs

28-03

1 hour

Detailling downside of the fuselage

29-03

1 hour

Gear

30-03

1 hour

Gear

31-03

20 hours

Gear, making of the 2 big domes, priming fuselage

01-04

4,75 hours

Priming fuselage with carfiller

 

Total hours of building: 183!

 Note: Some hours are charged double because we build the 'Cat' with two.

 

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