I did a little bit more wet sanding on the elevators one has two coats of primer now and is ready for some color the other only has one coat on it.
The echobond came in as well so I worked late and got the fabric glued onto the top of the right wing. A few passes of the iron and it will be ready for rib stitching and tapes.

And the fabric is shrunk

more rib stitching. one rib with the long strait needle one rib with the curved needle. the ribs with the compression braces have to have the curved needle used since they block the path of the long one.

still working on the rib stitching got all the ribs I can use the long needle on done and all the top of the ribs i have to use the curved needle on

flipped the wing over an rib stitched the ribs with the braces blocking the path of the long needle. now the wing is ready for tapes.

been putting tapes on the bottom of the wing. Now it's time to flip it over and do the other side.

I also sprayed a coat of paint on the vertical fin and an elevator. I am learning the art of using the spray gun so may need some work.

more tapes done on the top of the wing and another coat of paint on the vertical fin and and elevator. King of getting the hang of the spray gun.

Glad to see the progress Final assembly in June hopefully. First flight in July-August. You have come a long way.

a test patch with the yellow for the wings and tail feathers and the reddish purple for the fuselage

Kinda' neat to be gone from forum months at a time, then to return to see the progress on your project!

Still plugging away at priming and painting tail feathers. The horizontal stab. has its final coat of yellow on it and I took the door off to cover and it has a coat of primer on it. I've also been disassembling the fuselage for covering.

I shot the first coat of the purple on the door today. Looking at the picture I see I didn't get a very even coat on but some wet sanding and another coat should hide that, I hope. I also spent time just looking at the fuselage and making a list of things that I should do before covering it. Of course lots of thinking about how I want to go about covering the fuselage.

I did the bottom first then the sides and then the top on my Max. It will really make it look like an airplane!  

got a second coat of paint sprayed on the door. I found some help to nico-press some of the cables. Got to the point where I needed to wait for more cable that I had ordered to come in so cleaned up and just before I had to leave the shop I found out that the cable did come in already. oh well.

been working on routing my fuel lines then glued the plywood over the front turtle deck. I put the primer bulb so it runs from the rear tank only, I figure if i have an issue with the bulb I can switch to the front tank and have about 2 gallons of gas to get me someplace.

pictures of the turtle deck

Fabricated and installed the glare shield. it is made from a piece of leftover turtle deck plywood, some foam rod and a little bit of leather.
all the wax paper is there to keep the t-88 from sticking to the instrument panel

Glued the fabric onto the left side of the fuselage. Now have to let it dry then shrink it. I also threw in a picture of the finished glare shield.

finished shrinking the fabric on the right side and putting the coat of echobond on where it attached to the plywood. then flipped the plane over and put the fabric on the left side.

You are coming along great. Soon it will be time for the final assembly and the weight and balance.

The fabric is glued on and shrunk on the left side. The fuselage is turned back right side up.

I fabricated a hard point for a comm antenna and covered the turtle deck. looks more like an airplane.

ironed the fabric over the rear turtle deck, then glued fabric to the front turtle deck. My plan is to do the re-enforcing patches and tapes, on the upper part, then paint the areas were the comm antenna and the tail feathers will attach. attach the tail feathers then run the cables before putting the bottom fabric on. Sounds good in theory in practice is yet to be seen.

more rib stitching. one rib with the long strait needle one rib with the curved needle. the ribs with the compression braces have to have the curved needle used since they block the path of the long one.

Work is still slowly progressing, Haven't updated the log in a while.
so far one wing is primed and ready to have it sprayed yellow. I also ordered some aluminum for fabricating a cowling.

Funny, I was just last night thinking how you had not posted any updates lately, and I wondered if you were still plugging away on this project.

the top of the wing is yellow. first coat is sprayed.

Been putting coats of Yellow on the wing, now I have two coats on the bottom and one on the top
I have also been tinkering with the control cables and tail feathers. The tail feathers are on and the rudder goes left and right when you push the peddles

Little snag, my aluminum sheet I ordered is back ordered for who knows how long. I did finally find some and with help from a friend fabricated a cowling. I think it came out really well.

I sprayed the 2nd coat of primer on the bottom of a wing and brushed the 1st coat of primer on the center wing section. Not much progress this summer but OSH gave a little motivation, now just need more time in a day.