Wright Brothers "Flyer" 1903

Good morning all, I'm getting close to the finish line here. I have permantly freed the Flyer from her jig and have installed the rudder system complete with rigging.

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I have completed the elevator assembly, here are a few as builts of it.

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I will attach this assembly to the front of the plane then lastly fabricate and attach the propellers.
I have yet to decide exactly how to display this but know it have to be done overhead some way.

Thanks for looking in. Till next time, enjoy!
 
Daniel20 said:
Good morning all, I'm getting close to the finish line here. I have permantly freed the Flyer from her jig and have installed the rudder system complete with rigging.

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I have completed the elevator assembly, here are a few as builts of it.

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I will attach this assembly to the front of the plane then lastly fabricate and attach the propellers.
I have yet to decide exactly how to display this but know it have to be done overhead some way.

Thanks for looking in. Till next time, enjoy!
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Dear Daniel
you are doing Very impressive and beautiful work, the model looks amazing Okay:)
 
Daniel20 said:
Good morning all, I'm getting close to the finish line here. I have permantly freed the Flyer from her jig and have installed the rudder system complete with rigging.

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I have completed the elevator assembly, here are a few as builts of it.

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I will attach this assembly to the front of the plane then lastly fabricate and attach the propellers.
I have yet to decide exactly how to display this but know it have to be done overhead some way.

Thanks for looking in. Till next time, enjoy!
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Good morning Daniel. WOW. What a magnificent model. It will certainly be a discussion piece to be proudly displayed. Cheers Grant
 
Good evening to all. After 2 months and 9 days I have a completed Wright Flyer 1903 to display. The first couple of pictures are as builts of the propellers.

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The next close in is how I attached the elevator assembly to the skid below. Basically, a splice plate with pins was the only way I saw to securely hold it together.

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The rest of the photos are various views of the whole airframe.

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I will take finish photos for Donnie to publish in the gallery section in the next few days. I still have to decide where to display this thing so maybe in a few weeks a couple more photos coming out. I sure thank all who followed along on this build, your presence, comments and suggestions have provided much enjoyment as well as another learning experience I treasure.

Till next time Happy Modeling!
 
Daniel20 said:
Good evening to all. After 2 months and 9 days I have a completed Wright Flyer 1903 to display. The first couple of pictures are as builts of the propellers.

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The next close in is how I attached the elevator assembly to the skid below. Basically, a splice plate with pins was the only way I saw to securely hold it together.

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The rest of the photos are various views of the whole airframe.

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I will take finish photos for Donnie to publish in the gallery section in the next few days. I still have to decide where to display this thing so maybe in a few weeks a couple more photos coming out. I sure thank all who followed along on this build, your presence, comments and suggestions have provided much enjoyment as well as another learning experience I treasure.

Till next time Happy Modeling!
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Congratulations with you wonderful model, Daniel. It was a pleasure to follow your build of this historic model.
Regards, Peter
 
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