Quick Build Kit Arrives
Working from Australia, there is a lot that can go wrong with the transportation of a Quickbuild Kit. It has come from the Phillipines, to Oregon, and then through LA across the Pacific Ocean to Sydney. Finally I have to get it from Sydney to my workshop in a hangar near Manilla (NSW). The big day of arrival was Friday 11th February 2005. Only another 1000 - 2000 hours of building to go!! Anway, here are some photos of the kit crates arriving...
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Delivered by a semi-trailer, through the paddocks to the hangar |
Geoff was real careful with the fuse crate on the rough ground |
And the finish kit and wings crates. Very professional. |
At last. Safe and sound in the hangar. |
All my Christmases have come at once! The fuselage is a thing of beauty |
As are the wings, which remain in the crate for safe storage at the moment. |
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The workmanship on the rivets is excellent |
When doing the inventory, I marked everything I could identify |
The canopy is large, floppy, and very heavy. Care! |
Under the fuselage is a box with tubing, assorted sheet metal components and rudder pedals |
These shelves store the components by function as much as possible |
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Not shown are about two hundred small brown paper bags of rivets, bolts, nuts screws, tubing accessories etc. Inventorying them is a pain. Also included were dual brakes, wheels, tyres, engine mount and gear legs, gear and other fairings - all too much to take in one day. Time to finish the elevators at move on with "the big stuff".