{"id":4311,"date":"2019-04-08T13:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2019-03-08T16:10:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T20:10:42","slug":"kwik-fli-slow-build-8-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2019\/04\/08\/kwik-fli-slow-build-8-april-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwik-Fli, Slow Build: 8 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/0.KwikFliSlowBuild-header-graphic-med.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4236\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/0.KwikFliSlowBuild-header-graphic-med.jpg\" alt=\"Kwik-Fli, Slow Build Blog Series header graphic. With a close-up of the model's engine at center, the graphic is done in orange and blue.\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/0.KwikFliSlowBuild-header-graphic-med.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/0.KwikFliSlowBuild-header-graphic-med-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/0.KwikFliSlowBuild-header-graphic-med-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8 April 2011<\/strong>. I\u2019m carving all the fuselages, and this is the Mk. II! The shaping is not that bad, and I\u2019m quite confident the <a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8April-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4312 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8April-pic-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"scan of a printed picture showing a mostly shaped and sanded balsa wood fusealge sitting on a counter.\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8April-pic-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8April-pic-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8April-pic.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>tank hatch will look better than the previous one. I have to remember to glue some nose block in place before attempting the final shape of the nose\u2026 I do not want to bother with a spinner, but I have to try to be as \u201cscale\u201d as possible, in any event. Thi sis what I can get from the \u201capplicable documentation\u201d: not too much, but at least it gives an idea of what Phil was doing on the Kwik Fli 2. I\u2019m sure the spinner we have on the Mk. III is part of the modifications he introduced to reduce the tail wiggling of the Mk. II. I also have to find a canopy for the Mk. II; I have the original (plus spares) for the Mk. III, but the one for the Mk. II is smaller, and I\u2019ll have to check around\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4313\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8april.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4313\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8april.jpg\" alt=\"Scan of black printed text on white paper showing the first several lines and top of the picture for the entry in Beppe's log for April 8, 2011.\" width=\"500\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8april.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8april-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/01\/2018.10.02-scan-pg5-8april-768x111.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scan of the entry in Beppe&#8217;s log for April 8, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taking a small break!\u00a0 Next post: May 8, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/category\/kwik-fli-slow-build\/\">See all the Kwik-Fli, Slow Build posts!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nFor more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/museum\">www.modelaircraft.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 April 2011. I\u2019m carving all the fuselages, and this is the Mk. II! The shaping is not that bad, and I\u2019m quite confident the tank hatch will look better than the previous one. I have to remember to glue some nose block in place before attempting the final shape [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,47],"tags":[276],"class_list":["post-4311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kwik-fli-slow-build","category-museum","tag-kwik-fli-slow-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4345,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions\/4345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}