Hi, My Name is Miguel Poduje, from Chile. I want to post my Thunderbird restoration Job posted in others control line forum.. but i thik this is the right place to share my experience.
Please, excuse me about my english, i try to do the my best, without using google translator because i know the results are more incomprensive than tarzan's english
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many years ago, my father built a thunderbird from an old kit. he flew this model for many years, receiving two top overhaull. Then this model was stored in a warehouse and was there for a long time (more than 15 years). My father put the house for rent, leaving the old thud forgotten in time in that darkness.
A few months ago, we went to the house and discovered that the old thud was still there hanging on the wall, very dirty and semi destroyed but in much better shape than I thought.
The first thing I did was take it and take it home, talk to my father about the many memories we had of that plane and try to find ways to put it off again.
Two weeks ago we started the reconstruction of the old Thud and here I leave some pictures of this process that I hope will end soon and the old Thud back to fly again after more than 30 years.
The wing had a twist, but we are solving wetting the wood and insert webs between the spars. The flaps must be changed and we are still thinking about what to do with the nose that is too impregnated with fuel.
This Tbird had the engine up and the cowl was lost. Now I'm thinking if it's better to do the same or do the version with radial cowl. My intention is to paint as the original Bob Palmerīs Tbird (white, red and black), even place the same letters AMA 19488 in the wings.
I could not find good pictures of Palmer's TBird, i have not found good pictures with the radial cowl version. Anyone have any good photo to use as a guide?
More photos.
Topic: Restoring an old thunderbird - Bob Palmer's Tribute (Read 8403 times)
