Playing around with colors for the Zenith and at the moment leaning towards an Army Jeep Green
Super speedy delivery from Alissa at Viking Aircraft. They just started making these instrument mounting trays and saved me a ton of time getting them pre made from them. Excellent quality as always from them.
Starting to have that fall feel in here. Early morning wing root section work. The answer to when will the plane be done: when there are no more things left on the todo list.
Starting to think about colors
I had forgotten that I did a vector drawing of the Zenith a few years ago. It’s a nice way to take a look at what the colors might be.
I this isn’t the right green or yellow, but it was my initial thought about a scheme.
Likely to change my mind about 12000 times.
Had some help with the flaperons today
For the most part I’ve been sticking pretty close to the plans. Today’s deviation was to add some stiffening L angles to these pulleys. Once this section is riveted they’ll be hard to access and I didn’t like the amount of skin flex I was seeing.
Installing the elevator pulleys
Installing the elevator pulleys this morning. It’s a measure twice cut once kinda deal. Really not something I want to have misaligned. It was more like a measure 2^8 and cut once kinda deal
Pre dawn tail work. Questioning my decision to be on a ladder before sunrise ;)
Fitting the control surfaces
It’s 33 degrees INSIDE the hangar so no pictures today, but the control surfaces work continues after WAY to long of a break.
These things don’t build themselves.
8 Bit Cockpit- my sprites even look sorta like a Cruzer
I’m editing a video on this, but I’m putting a Commodore on the passenger side of the cockpit. All in on the retro.
While the weather has been bad, I’ve been learning 6502/6510 Assembly code for this project. I think my first crack at the sprite for the Zenith side view is pretty okayish 😉
