Back to the Peacemaker

Boy did I sleep good last night! I was up doing my exercises at 6:30, I added more reps again today and still finished in 45 minutes. I even set the treadmill steeper and it was no problem. After breakfast and the normal email and news checks we made a run to pick up the mail. Since the Cessna is done I decided to go back to work on the B-36 Peacemaker. It is a cold war plane that never did drop a bomb in anger.

The fuselage is a balsa core surrounded by blue foam.

I ran a hot wire around the formers to rough shape it, but it leaves marks and ripples in the foam. The part I have been dreading is the final shaping of the fuselage. I came up with a plan to turn it with my 1/2 inch drill and shape it with a sanding disc. I made up mounts for each end, but things did not run true. I decided to put a universal joint in at the drill. Off we went to Bredfield's to see if they had anything that would work. No luck there or at the auto parts store so we headed for Kelso/Longview. I finally ended up at Sears and got a 1/4 inch drive socket universal that worked great! If I can get the epoxy off it when I am done it will go into the tool box. We hit Dairy Queen for dinner and then headed home to finish the setup.

I made up a mount for the drill that slides along a piece of aluminum angle to keep it lined up. So far it is working pretty good and I am about half way done. If we don't go flying tomorrow, I may get it done then.