I noticed that too. Now I have more work to do.
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I noticed that too. Now I have more work to do.
Awe man, too late.
Yeah. Definitely our next gold Lindy...
Your work looks really clean and nice, Mike! I wasn't aware of others doing Oratex on this list when I started, and now it seems like there are quite a few doing really good work with this different, and sometimes a bit difficult, system. There's a learning curve, and it seems like we're all sort of "pioneers" in a way. I feel fortunate to have my friend Gary ("colospace") here in the Denver area also using Oratex, and doing a beautiful job with it. I like the way you did the relief for the strut attach fitting.
Thanks John, I started the covering process after you and Gary and followed your posts with great interest, really appreciated your pictures and workmanship. I decided I would cut my own tapes, not sure it was the right decision. Cutting the tapes was not bad but spent a significant amount of time masking so no glue was visible.
I did break down and purchase a roll of tape for the curved areas on the tail feathers and vertical stab(couldn't get the heavier 6000 tapes I cut to wrap nicely around the curves). Have enjoyed the process and the result, like you say, there's a learning curve.
Aw shucks, Larry... your check is in the mail. ;) Your comments have been so kind and embarrassingly humbling for me - I wish I could have been at your gathering at OSH so I could've eaten some of your food to pay you back! :p
In all seriousness, as I've said before, my fox is NOT an Oshkosh award-winning project. I can't live up to that. I am happy with most of the workmanship & I try to sometimes come up with unique details, but next to your beautiful airplane, or the factory's builds, or Steve's new 7, or a whole bunch of others that I've seen on this forum, it's a real "plain Jane". But thank you, again.
One day, John, you can look at the Mangy close. She's nice, but she's a bush flyer, not a beauty queen. She's complete with scratches, dents and oil drips. :cool:
(And probably the worst set of seat covers ever installed in a 'Fox)
LOL. Larry, I thought the seats were how you came to the name. :p
nothing else could have justified it.
What did you use for rib reinforcing tape.?