John
It is getting closer, but! The carbon fiber rods have been lost in the US Mail.
I had lost the bid for some used Williams Bros. Vintage 5 inch wheels in the last seconds on EBay three weeks ago at $24.00 + shipping, about $4.00 less than new.
Last Friday I won a NEW st for a bid of $5.95 + $4.90 shipping. Life is Grand.
I ordered a fuel tank late on the 9th and it arrived yesterday. It is installed, see pictures. After installing the tank and verifying I can get my hand in the tank compartment to start the 6x32 self locking nuts I closed up the bottom of the body.
The screws provided with the motor mounts were undersize. While mounting the engine for the first time I stripped two of the blind nuts. The screws were a sloppy fit in the nuts. I went into my coffee can of # 6 hardware and found 4 Allen head hardened screws. They fit the blind nuts properly but because of the possible damage done to the blind nuts originally, I will put self locking nuts on the end of the screws behind the blind nuts. See pictures.
Picture 178. Front of the Jeannin Stahltaube with all of the cables in place. Well almost all.
Picture 179. Tail with all of it's cables. Well, almost all!
Picture 180. Tail at a different angle to show more cables.
Picture 181. Fuel tank compartment. You can see one of the blind nuts.
Picture 182. Nose block smoothed in. The three lines are Vent, Engine and Fill.
Clancy