Great Lakes 2T1A-VR I-ESON "the Outatime Flyer"  |
September 6th - 2007
Tohe cockpit side panels haven't been rolled at all, while the cockpit section is slightly curved; mthe result is that the panels, once screwed in place, "oil can" a little, particularly in the center of the panel.To Avoid this, I have decided to rived a couple of reinforcing angles inside of them; the angles have been curved with the hand shrinker and the panels, riveted on them, have been forced to follow this mild curve so they do not oil can anymore. The job is simple but boring, because the rivet holes are far inside the panels so they have been dimpled one by one with the dies on the hand riveter. Matteo's help has been fundamental because of the need of somobody inside the cockpit to hold the bucking bar.
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