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while this is my first time using one, i have had some experiance with what they sound like. I always worked nights when we went out to sea and for about a week one deployment right about the time i would fall asleep someone would start chipping paint on what sounded like the wall right next to...

Ok, got the skins drilled for the left and front, and all cleaned up, primed and ready to be shot on. we will start shooting tonight after it cools down if its not raining. Also started stripping paint off the frame and suspension with a needle gun, neat little tool, by far the fastest way to...

We had actually thought about putting aluminum on but then we saw how much it was going to cost, these sheets are heavy but thats what the tractor is for. Oh, i agree it is work, no doubt about it, i just meant that compared to drilling aircraft skins its easy. I'm sure the outside will look...

original skins were 18 ga. we are putting 20 ga. so just a hair lighter, and we are not putting the original panels back on the inside, i figure i'm saving at least a couple hundred pounds at least. I plan on weighing it when i'm done.

Thank you, we both appreciate the kind words from everyone. Really? you think we're the first, thats kinda neat. Apart from this being steel its actually easier than drilling up a new aircraft skin. Its wide open, no hydraulic lines or wire bundles or control cables to work around, nowhere near...

this is how it sits untill it cools off later this evening then we will finish drilling this sheet up then this week we will work on prepping what we have done for shooting them on. we are trying to get the left side, front, and top done, then i have to turn the whole thing to get to the other side.

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Yay, new sheetmetal:jumpin:. pics are out of order but i tried cutting with some pneumatic shears first but it didn't work very well so i broke out the plasma cutter. That worked very well and so much faster, sometimes i wish i could bring it to work with me.

said box of clecos and other aircraft related tools

update, Got wheels painted earlier this week, then started drilling skins this weekend.

I probably would have but i made enough off selling stuff i didn't need(for dirt cheap) that i have very little money in this thing. (another reason to love this hobby, do it right and it can almost pay for itself:D) That and its something for us both to work on.

When I was in the Navy I started working on the F/A-18C Hornet, then we swapped to the F/A-18E Super Hornet. When I got out I decided to go back to school for more sheetmetal training and my wife, who was not long out of high school, decided to give it a try with me. well, she ended up liking it...

who ever said anything about pink camo? even my wife is like "no way".

i've got a box that probably weighs 30 lbs full of clecos.

Well, if you feel that bad about it you can send them to me since i still have 2 to make for the other side:D.

Thanks, at this point i just hope to have 4 walls a ceiling and a floor by the rally. and maybe an air conditioner and heater.

I thought i had pics of the really bad field repair done to the drivers side top corner of the box where it had been crushed but i can't find them, but here is my repair. Had to hand make a new rib and then used what scrap steel i had laying around. found it, page 5 post #49 pic 8

picking up new sheet steel for skin.

finish formed, media blasted and painted

pics of hand forming the hub caps