Scale 25% Krier Kraft build, a tribute to grampa.

[Bipeguy03]

Started putting fuse sheeting on this evening! Steel for the top wing mounts should be here tomorrow so I can finish the cabanes and then get the sheeting on the nose.

After I get the sheets on the sides I am on to putting the blocks for the tail fairing on and get them carved.

Slowly getting there!

Still have a little bit of carving to do on the stringers.

Another detail of grampa's that I had to mimic, scallop sheeting around the turtle deck stingers.

I guess I need to get to making the jig for the top wing mounts!

 

[Jetpainter]

Moving right along and looking great!

 

[HRRC Flyer]

Hey @Bipeguy03,

The scalloping around the stringers looks AWESOME. Are you going to provide all of those little pieces of half moon balsa with the plans you sell?. . . . .

 

[BalsaDust]

The scallops look great.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Yup. I love the scallops. That's a great detail for sure.

 

[Bipeguy03]

So I'm still plugging away on the fuse. I added a few more pieces of scalloped sheeting in the corners of the fuse sheeting to give the Koverall a better fall off. I also have been working on getting all the stringers final shaped so I could start on the tail fairing.

The extra pieces of scalloped sheeting I added, from the pictures I cannot tell were Grampa stopped the sheeting on the side of his so I has to make an educated guess.

The tail mock up to help get the fairing block carved, this was just tack glued in with a drop of CA so that it can be pulled out after the block is carved.

The block is then glued to former F9 and ready to be carved!

Tail fairing block is carved and I started mocking up the dorsal fin, I'm thinking it needs to be a little skinnier but it's close.

I'll need to add a piece of trussing to the bottom of the fin to give the covering an attach point.

Sometimes you just gotta put it on a box lol! I had been a little unsure of myself after I started putting the sheeting on thinking that some of the angles weren't right, but after using some boxes to hold the plane close to the stance it will have when sitting on the landing gear I feel better. I've spent too much time staring at the pictures of grampa's I guess

It's getting there!

 

[Bipeguy03]

The 4130 steel got here today, we ended having to go with .032 thick as the .025 was galvanized and really, really soft.

I also made up a mock up of the top wing with the cabane mounts, so this evening it's on to finishing the cabanes!

 

[HRRC Flyer]

Hey @Bipeguy03,

Your Bipe is looking FANTASTIC! ! ! ! ! You're doin' Grandpa proud, that's for sure. . . . .

 

[Bipeguy03]

Hey @Bipeguy03,

Your Bipe is looking FANTASTIC! ! ! ! ! You're doin' Grandpa proud, that's for sure. . . . .

 

[Bipeguy03]

The first few minutes of this video has an interview with Charlie Hillard when he was flying the full scale Krier in competition. I've never seen the full scale Krier in video before today!