They are back!

The first thing I saw this morning was a deer outside the kitchen window.  I didn't want to scare them so I took this picture between the blinds in the bedroom.  We have not see the deer for quite a while, we think it is the twin fawns from last year.  I went to the "Coffee with the Pastor" this morning and it was the biggest turn out that I have seen.  We had nine people there and lots of good conversation.  I had a call from Jackie that Cora had taken her first steps plus she is saying a few more words.  Just as I finished the call our friend Jeff showed up, we talked airplanes and model club for a while and then we went to the shop so I could show him the P-39's progress.

The wheels for the Airacobra came this afternoon and the nose wheel turned out just like I had hoped.

I got the right side sheeted and did some sanding on the joints.

I started sheeting the left side before calling it a day.  I wetted the balsa with hot water and then glued the seam with all the pins.  The water makes it easier to bend, tomorrow when it is dry it will hold that shape.  Then I can lift it up a little and glue the rest of it.  The new nose wheel retract is working out really well, I made a tapered plate to go under it so I would have the forward rake like the real plane.