hawkenstien 3...........finished

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........pit complete

saul you always come through. many thanks.



well folks here i am, the pit is finished as far as i can tell. i have a few things that will need to wait but the pit is complete.

and with that i can begin the engine. forgive the lack of actual construction photos. i am painting as i move through this at the moment.

so there i am.



all comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.



joe

 

[moon puppy]

hawkenstien 3...........pit complete

Looking good Joe

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........pit complete

many thanks mp.



joe

 

[Paulw]

hawkenstien 3...........pit complete

Well Joe, no one in the world can say that you aren't dedicated to your hobby. If I chose to go that far I would be all the way in the loony bin. That looks real fine.

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........pit complete

paul many thanks. dedicated maybe, certifiable definitely.




joe

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........engine work begins

well after two weeks here i am again.

the better part of the time without updates was spent working on engine detailing.

please bear with me. first off was lots of fiddly bits and small tube white stuff. plug wires, tubes, etc were fashioned. then the main sticky point, the induction manifold. this is a pretty complex little part that looks oh so simple. yeah right. took me several tries before i got to this point. this is about the closest i have been to it. working off of a few pictures i cut and trimmed then cut, then trimmed, then cut, then got frustrated, then pulled myself back, then cut, well you get the point. i have tried multiple ways to do this but am really struggling with it.

well pictures tell a better story. this has not been painted yet.

right now this is held together by white glue. i need to clean it up a little. like i said earlier this the the best i have had so far.


so with that said, fire way.


all comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.



joe

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall

well it will be brief this time.

spent some time in the bunker over the last couple of days and have something to show for it.

pardon the pics. white on white plays havoc with my camera.

firewall work has commenced with some success.

and how she looks with the engine mocked up. (repainting the engine as well)

notice i have also added a very rough carb to the engine. and wouldnt you know it i finally stumbled across the picture of the manifold i was looking for. not going to redo this time.



all comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.



joe

 

[Sharkmouth]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall

I saw this on another forum...
hmy:

Keep plugging away, it looks very good from here.

Regards,

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall

many thanks saul. she is put away for today. but tomorrow, that is a different story.



joe

 

[jknaus]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall


James

 

[moon puppy]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall

Keep pluggin' at it Joe, good progress

 

[lupanzer]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall

...incridible..,congratulations for the top job!



Luiz.

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........the firewall

you are all very kind, thank you.



joe

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........interior almost done

well tis another brief update.

first the big oops that happened. all the way through i had measured, dry fit, measured, dry fit, etc. you get the picture. well when i went to do a final run through with pit and engine together i found to my horror i was about a half inch too long. after much cursing and a strong urge to make the current work a powder with blunt object i made several mistakes. first i cut the motor mounts at the firewall. big mistake and even bigger no no. messed up the firewall and broke off a couple pieces. next big mistake, try to force it. another huge no no. again with the broken pieces. next up was to try to fix my mess up with the cuts. made it worse for the firewall. so after much back tracking and fixing the royal mess i made of what i had done i finally got the broken pieces back in place and tried to mend the firewall a bit. well after all of that i come to tonight. some pictures of the engine in place on the pit and within the fuse. i believe it will fit in the fuse now but still not entirely sure of it.

so here it is.

after taking the pics i decided the best way to tackle this paint job is to paint around the cuts prior to closing the fuse. this way i can not worry about overspray on the interior pieces. using acrylics, life color. had to remix it a couple of times before i got a decent spray through the brush. then found another major issue. seems somewhere along the way i had glued a small piece of sheet styrene to the side of the fuse and completely missed it. going to have to sand the area and respray yet again.

what a messed up week.

all in all it shouldnt be bad but i am disappointed in that i had to do surgery on it and then in doing that i messed up a couple of parts.


lets see what i can mess up next shall we.


all comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.



joe

 

[moon puppy]

hawkenstien 3...........interior almost done

What a labor of love, your dedication to this build is showing. How did you paint the exhaust, they look swell.

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........interior almost done

thanks mp. the exhausts are just alclad alum with a misting of model master burnt exhaust. nothing special at all to them.



joe

 

[moon puppy]

hawkenstien 3...........interior almost done

May not be to you but they look great.

 

[Sharkmouth]

hawkenstien 3...........interior almost done

May not be to you but they look great.

Agreed! They look great.

Regards,

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........interior almost done

many thanks.



joe

 

[fightnjoe]

hawkenstien 3...........fuse joined

small but rather significant.



the fuse sides are now joined, seams sanded, flat black sprayed, and then a first. using life color acrylics. god they are tempermental. holy crap. had to repaint dang near the entire fuse again after i made the mistake of handling it after a couple of days.

here is where i sit right now.

and something different. and truly not sure where i am going with this. the tail radio connection.

not sure where i am going with that as i am not sure if i am going with one of the wires to the wing or both wires. not sure of that as i havent sorted out the wings yet. not sure what i am doing with them. full wing or one as just the framing. still thinking about this.


so for now that is all.


all comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.



joe