2016 Team Reassembly of 51-15892

With the great weather we had a team get together at the H-21.

A lot of discussion, ideas and considerations.  It is agreed that we will:

Raise the tail to flight configuration.
Reassemble the nose gear and install on the airframe.
Position and rejoin the two halves.

We now have a realistic plan and know what we are going to do.

I'll make notes on how to do it and it looks like we can start in mid April.

Can You Donate Parts, Tools & Equipment To Me?

Some projects ask for money.  I'm not going to do that because I'm not set up for that yet.

But I need parts, tools and equipment.  Any donations in this area are welcome and do become the property of the Quonset Air Museum.

Listed below are sections of the aircraft that are completely missing.  If you have any of these please send them along.

At this point I would also like to request Clecos and related tools.  I'll gladly use anything you have.  

Just contact me at scc158@gmail.com and we can talk about  this.

Cockpit Overhead Panel

As you may remember my brother is building the 1/48 scale FM H-21 kit.  As he went through the cockpit parts he noticed the kit does not contain the Overhead Panel.

He is going to scratch build it and add it to the model.  If anyone is interested in how he does it please let me know and we will send details on the scratch build.

I have decided to make this one of the indoor projects* this year.  It will fit in the indoor workroom so it's an all weather effort.

51-15892's Overhead Panel

The Overhead Panel as shown in the Illustrated Parts Breakdown

*Outdoor is something that won't fit in the garage or workroom.  For indoor work, only the workroom is heated.  The Mrs. has not given up the dining room, yet...

The Central Transmission

The process to account for every part is underway.

I have already listed the DASH4 sections that I know are completely missing.

Figure 26 (of the DASH4) is the Nose Alighting Gear and will be done first as part of the Nose Alighting Gear restoration and attachment to the fuselage.

Next will be identifying the loose parts some of which is already done.

Warm weather will be needed to do this so I will continue to digitize the DASH4 figures and re-organize my H-21/892 images by the DASH4 figures.

2015 The Year of Bad Health

No progress was made in 2015 due to general heath changes (got better).  Despite laser treatments and two surgeries I lost the use of my left eye. It stinks but I have yet to find something limiting about it.  So, Let's Get On With It!!!

Hands on work will resume on the Auxiliary Alighting Gear (aka the nose gear) when things warm back up in the spring.

Before then I am re-organizing my records for better use as a resource for my project and other H-21 inquires.

I also realize how limited my records are on the international users of the H-21.  Research!


I am here as an H-21 resource.  Send me an email (scc158@gmail.com) and if I can help I will.

2015 Outdoor Session Goals

So Much Has Already Been Done Since This Photo Was Taken

The hands on outdoor work has begun.

The goals for this fair weather session are...

1. Finish the Nose Alighting Gear.
2. Install the Nose Alighting Gear.
3. Reassemble the Fuselage Halves.

I now have a stable schedule I can follow and with a little help from my friends (crew) we will get this done.

Historic Preservation Terminology, TIGHAR's

The TIGHAR Guide to 

Aviation Historic Preservation Terminology

http://tighar.org/Projects/Histpres/guide.html

After reviewing several sites on terminology I have adopted TIGHAR's for the project.  I have one slight difference with one word they use, FABRIC.

Where I see the word "fabric" I use the word "material."

We are 2 days into the hands on season.  Work is being done on a small scale for now.  The late Spring still has us finishing infrastructure projects.