I got the P-40's retracts installed today. Then I joined the two halves temporarily for this picture so I could show one up and the other down. I have run them up and down quite a bit just to watch them turn as they move.
The full sized P-40 has stiffeners to brace the top wing skin. I like to add them as it makes the wheel well stand out. I also like to paint inside the wheel well to seal it from water if I am flying off of damp grass. The green is close to the color of the zinc chromate that is used to stop corrosion in the real P-40. I took a break this afternoon and hauled off a couple of garden trailer loads of limbs from the cascara tree.
Yesterday we started out to get the mail and some screws I needed for the retracts. Michelle and Mik had told us about the good selection that Wilco in Kelso had so we took the scenic route down there. They have a great supply and it is my go to place for screws now. It was lunch time by then and we ended up going to Panera Bread. I had their flatbread pizza and Vera had a salad, both were good so we now have another favorite for lunches. It was so nice when we got home that I hauled off a couple of loads of cascara branches.
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