What's New
September 28 and October 5, 2025 Catching up to 2020...
August 30, 2025 Finding things...
July 20, 2025 I'm not finding things...
April 24, 2025 I'm UNPACKED!...
April 6, 2025 I'm BACK!...
November 2, 2024 I'm still here...
May 5, 2024 I'll be right back...
December 31, 2023 Lookin' sweet!!!
November 7, 2023 Lookin' sweet!!!
October 23, 2023 He's back...
August 13, 2023 Insert NO! here.
July 29, 2023 Half a wing and a prayer. Dzus it or Dzusn't it? It Dzus!
July 16, 2023 Done! Almost... Dzus it or Dzusn't it?
July 2, 2023 Fitting Part A to Part B.
June 18, 2023 Bringing up the rear
May 28, 2023 Locked and Loaded!
May 6, 2023 Not happy yet!
April 15, 2023 Let's try this again. Repeat: No matter what, it's Saul Goodman.
April 2, 2023 Repeat: No matter what, it's Saul Goodman.
March 12, 2023 No matter what, it's Saul Goodman.
February 26, 2023 It's all good man.
February 18, 2023 Moving on...
February 6, 2023 ANSWER: (insert here)
January 29, 2023 RED HOT is too hot.
December 26, 2022 to January 14, 2023 Making things work... length and height.
December 25, 2022 That 90%.. at least some of it. Thoughts... FRP or aluminum?
November 20 - December 11, 2022 Doesn't work... at that height.
November 7 - 20, 2022 Getting ready... for the next big project. Grab your seat! The Show is about to begin.
October 30 - November 5, 2022 A taste of that... 90 percent.
Sepember 22 - October 29, 2022 After my visit to Mexico... it's all coming together. The shape of things to come.
August 14 - Sepember 19, 2022 It's like watching... paint dry. Make you want to twist and shout
August 13, 2022 Everything... seems endless...
July 16, 2022 Painting... seems endless...
July 4, 2022 Building... in slow motion.
June 25, 2022 Famous Beetle song? Come Together
June 6, 2022 60 to... 320!!! Need the space.
May 8, 2022 Love this stuff... learning fiberglass and carbon fiber!
May 1, 2022 Cosmetic surgery?
April 17, 2022 Mole says to Ratty...
April 17, 2022 It's seeming more real... now.
April 10, 2022 A figurative and a literal statment...
April 3, 2022 Just a wee bit more. Back to... Zen.
March 27, 2022 The Bow's moment of truth.
March 19, 2022 New School helps make Old School. And some rolly things arrived.
March 13, 2022 Questions posed to Batman.
March 6, 2022 Up, up and a... Hey, wait a minute.
February 27, 2022 Second time's... a charm.
February 20, 2022 A lot of work... that 90% left to go feeling.
February 13, 2022 Bye-bye biplane...
February 6, 2022 Little piggy...
January 29, 2022 Back to Zero.
January 23, 2022 Done doing re-Dos!
January 16, 2022 The... voice inside.
January 10, 2022 Mighty Fine... YUP, MIGHTY FINE!
December 31, 2021 Auld Lang Syne... Happy new beginnings!
December 23, 2021 Making cookies and more.
December 11, 2021 A Bill Murray movie...
November 22, 2021 Birdfeeders and tofu...
November 6, 2021 Weld. Weld. Weld... YES!!!
October 17, 2021 Approaching the project... from both sides.
October 10, 2021 Play Ball!
October 3, 2021 Old Technology... gotta love it!!!!!
September 30, 2021 Technology... Arrrrrrrrgghhhhh!!!!!!
August 21, 2021 Notching tubes... No more. No less.
July 31, 2021 Wood? Nooooo.... metal.
July 17, 2021 Two lines and a crosshair.
July 5, 2021 September to July.
June 26, 2021 Cart... behind the ox?
June 19, 2021 Cart... before the horse?
May 23, 2021 Changes... just a little bit bigger
May 15, 2021 Two-0-5... the magic number.
May 9, 2021 Music?... or welding?
May 1, 2021 Working on the bird and thinking... what's it all about?
April 17, 2021 Just about finished re-doing the re-doings.
April 10, 2021 Just re-doing other re-doings.
March 26, 2021 I got nuthin'... just re-doings.
February 22, 2021 Remake of the brackets are a hit! Most... of the time that's good!
January 1, 2021 Got it all... figured out.
December 23, 2020 Easing off... the brakes!
September 9, 2020 Putting on... the brakes!
August 15, 2020 Putting on my... engineering hat!
August 7, 2020 Checks, checks, checks... and more checks.
July 4, 2020 It's all about fashion choices... isn't it?
June 12, 2020 It's more than just brushing it on... Just add more coats?
June 5, 2020 How many times do you need to wrap your head around it? Just add more hours.
May 29, 2020 We all have our "thru-hikes."
May 22, 2020 They're ready for their baths.
May 10 - 16, 2020 A few bushings and hangers need to be made, and a floor for the turtledeck.
May 2 - 9, 2020 The fuel system is on a flow. (get it? haha) 6/6/2020 - not as funny as I originally thought
April 28 - May 1, 2020 STILL figuring out the location location location.
April 18 - 27, 2020 Still figuring out the location location location.
April 11 - 17, 2020 Figuring out the location location location. Cam said it looks familiar, and I'm good with that!
March 25 - April 4, 2020 Three new pages and a lot of thinking. - Electrical Stuff - Fuel Systems - Brake System oh... and work on the upper wing center section.
Mar 17 - Mar 25, 2020 A lot of the little stuff.
Mar 9 - Mar 13, 2020 Enjoying the hell out of the build.
Feb 22 - Mar 6, 2020 Moments... they're all sacred.
Feb 15 - 21, 2020 Living my own "Groundhog Day."
Feb 9 - 14, 2020 My tribute to the Thunderbolt.
Feb 8, 2020 Turtledeck? I'm already thinking about the belly scoop!
Feb 7, 2020 mirrored?
Jan 31, 2020 Ignoring the truth.
Jan 26, 2020 Knowing the not knowing?
Jan 18 - 24, 2020 A hole's a hole... until it's not a hole!
Jan 14 - 17, 2020 What's the movies without the popcorn?
Jan 6 - 11, 2020 Banging away on the project Here's the scoop on the biplane
Jan 3, 2020 Next !
Dec 27, 2019 The holidays... time for reflecting?
Dec 21, 2019 Making the holidays an excuse... kinda sorta.
Dec 14, 2019 And the holidays aren't an excuse.
Dec 7, 2019 Don't over complicate things.
Nov 22, 2019 Switching from regular mode to airplane mode.
Nov 16, 2019 There's always... a challenge.
Nov 9, 2019 Excellence... in both life and the project.
Nov 2, 2019 It's amazing what a few lengths of aluminum can do.
Oct 26, 2019 The good, the bad... but no ugly. Clint Eastwood reference to those that didn't get it.
Oct 18, 2019 It's all an Illusion.
Oct 16, 2019 There's always a reason for making that decision you made.
September 22, 2019 Yeah... I've been working on it.
July 4, 2019 I'm almost certain... I figured it out.
May 28, 2019 What am I making???
May 24, 2019 Getting closer every day.
May 19, 2019 It ain't a wrap... Back on the flooring... after a few years hiatus.
May 10, 2019 Excess ends... have been eliminated!
May 5, 2019 Just about ready to start...
May 4, 2019 A visit from a few friends.
April 20, 2019 Second one... same as the first.
April 13, 2018 Need to trim the first... starting the second.
April 6, 2019 First... of the last.
March 30, 2019 Rollin' rollin'... rollin'
March 23, 2019 It never fails...
March 16, 2019 Started making it... Toot Toot !!!
March 8, 2019 Still not making the main fuel tank.
February 22, 2019 I'm not making the main fuel tank.
February 10, 2019 A lot of practicing in the previous days. Today... made a good practice piece.
January 20, 2019 Still thinking about the main fuel tank; Snails pace moving forward !
December 29, 2018 WOW! I've started making it !
December 22, 2018 Yeah... I'm still doing it.
November 22, 2018 Yeah... I'm doing it.
November 10, 2018 Yeah... I'm gonna do it.
October 19, 2018 Making time... making better use of my time?
October 14, 2018 Yeah... more good ideas?
September 28, 2018 Yeah... na...
September 22, 2018 It is the act of doing... that is the goal.
September 15, 2018 Second set of first pattern skins... completed.
September 8, 2018 I woulda coulda... shoulda.
August 30, 2018 Type "A"... personality not blood type.
August 23, 2018 You either know or learn.
August 17, 2018 I need to... mow the grass.
August 11, 2018 A step... back to where I was.
July 27, 2018 A step... back?
July 7, 2018 Lock down!
July 6, 2018 Its starting to shape up.
July 3, 2018 It's attached!
July 2, 2018 Made a decision!
May 27 - 30, 2018 It's becoming a habit again?
May 25, 2018 Could it be??? A little forward movement?!?!
May 6 - 21, 2018 Another WOW moment!!
May 2, 2018 One day of work?!!
April 23 and 27, 2018 Sheet metal and side-rails.
March 30 - April 21, 2018 Still a sheet metal thang.
March 30 - April 21, 2018 Still wearing that Electrical Engineering hat... YIKES !
March 18 - 30, 2018 osmosis: noun - the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, osmosis
March 10 - 17, 2018 Electrical Engineering hat... CHECK !
March 9, 2018 I'm not too happy...
February 24, 2018 Got them figured out.
February 17, 2018 Figuring out and making the brackets.
February 11, 2018 Keeping things moving forward.
January 26, 2018 Not much more to go.
January 20, 2018 Beyond... "Excellence".
January 13, 2018 I spoke too soon.
January 6, 2018 Drumroll please... it's finished !
December 31, 2017 The windshield... still; cutting, filing, sanding and drilling....
December 27 and 28, 2017 The windshield... still ??? STILL!!!
December 24, 2017 The windshield... still???
November 6 - 10, 2017 The windshield... almost there???
October 30 - November 3, 2017 The windshield... making my vision???
October 23 and 27, 2017 The windshield... a long time making???
October 16 - 20, 2017 The windshield... a long time coming.
October 14, 2017 The nose on this biplane is... long.
October 8, 2017 Almost something new... almost.
October 4 and 6, 2017 Still nothing new... still repeating...
September 22 - October 3, 2017 Still nothing new... just repeating... more again and again and again
September 17 - 20, 2017 Nothing new... just repeating... again and again and again
September 1 and 2, 2017 De ja' vu... yet again
August 26, 2017 De ja' vu... again
August 20 - 25, 2017 Back to riveting.
August 20, 2017 Making plugs...
August 12 - 19, 2017 Back to bending.
August 8 - 11, 2017 Some additional learning...
July 23 - August 2, 2017 Spending time on the project. I wouldn't really call it building...
July 17 - 22, 2017 Way too many words...
July 12 - 15, 2017 How many lugs does it take...
July 9 - 10, 2017 Just lookin' like work.
July 6 - 7, 2017 It's all about the custom made brackets.
July 5, 2017 Behind the scenes.
July 3, 2017 It's for the birds.
July 1 - 2, 2017 Level flight... finally!
June 30, 2017 Done... for the third time.
June 26 - 29, 2017 Third time a charm ?
June 25, 2017 After a needed day of rest.
June 23, 2017 Workin' at makin' me happy.
June 18 - 22, 2017 A week of WTF's?
June 17, 2017 Figured making it one way... bought material for another way..
June 16, 2017 Back to the original plans. The walking beam, that is...
June 10 - 15, 2017 I think I know what I'll work on ?
June 4 - 9, 2017 I'm making things more difficult...
June 3, 2017 It stays...
May 31 and June 2, 2017 Putting a twist on things.
May 30, 2017 They're like snowflakes.
May 27 - 29, 2017 Seat belts and hard point locations... not as easy as you would think.
May 19 - 26, 2017 yeah, STILL... not yet.
May 14 - 18, 2017 STILL... not yet.
May 12-13, 2017 Wait for it, wait for it... not yet.
May 9 - 10, 2017 Not sure... so I checked.
April 30 - May 8, 2017 Still on the side-rails.
April 23 - 28, 2017 Back to the side-rails.
April 21, 2017 More work... on the SL lugs. File and sand... file and sand...
April 18 - 20, 2017 Back on the upper wing... while waiting on some .o32 4130.
April 15 - 17, 2017 Awwww... crap !.
April 8 - 14, 2017 Riding the Way-back Machine.
April 7, 2017 Just about there.
April 6, 2017 Ready for the fuselage.
April 4, 2017 Still finishing up what I started.
April 2- 3, 2017 Finishing up what I started.
April 1, 2017 Changing it up.
March 30, 2017 Getting things ready.
March 25 - 29, 2017 An unexpected turn of events ?
March 19 - 24, 2017 Just itty bitty steps ?
March 18, 2017 BACK to THIS ???
March 17, 2017 Now THIS ???
March 15 and 16, 2017 One thing left to do... before the sheet metal.
March 14, 2017 and... more tabs.
March 12, 2017 Way too many tabs. Not really...
March 11, 2017 Way too many steps.
March 10, 2017 New belly former. CHECK !
March 9, 2017 Ready for welding on !
March 6 - 8, 2017 Mo tabs.
March 5, 2017 Belly modifications... are finished.
March 4, 2017 On of the deadly sins.
March 3, 2017 Figuring out... What the heck ???
March 2, 2017 What the heck ???
March 1, 2017 Staring at its belly.
February 28, 2017 Did I really work on this a little over an hour tonight ?
February 27, 2017 Flew the plan tonight.
February 25, 2017 Easy ? I didn't make it easy.
February 24, 2017 Lookin' good as the original upper former.
February 18 - 23, 2017 YUCK !
February 17, 2017 NOW it's time to fill that gap !
February 16, 2017 No more left to cap.
February 15, 2017 Three more to go...
February 11, 2017 Keep on pushing.
February 10, 2017 A little extra... push.
February 9, 2017 Still... workin' it.
February 5 - 8, 2017 More holes... and more cups for cover...
February 3 and 4, 2017 On the flip-flop side...
February 2, 2017 Hard labor...
January 28, 2017 Manual labor...
January 26 and 27, 2017 Making it work...
January 23 - 25, 2017 DAMN !!!
January 20 - 21, 2017 I had to take one step back.
January 15, 2017 Long time... no see...
January 14 - 19, 2017 Upper Wing Center Section... I'm about to find out...
January 9 - 13, 2017 Upper Wing Center Section... what's it all about...
January 7, 2017 Done... and started...
January 6, 2017 Now notching and leveling...
January 5, 2017 Cleaning, cutting, connecting...
January 3 and 4, 2017 Will it ever end ???
January 2, 2017 Prepping the parts.
January 1, 2017 Fixing "crap" !!!
December 31, 2016 Crap !!!
December 30, 2016 More cutting and drilling.
December 29, 2016 More ground work . Back to cutting and tacking.
December 27-28, 2016 A little demo work .
December 26, 2016 More time looking for the motor mount bushings . Finishing touches on the battery tray... maybe not Tweaking the front seat-back pan .
December 24, 2016 Worked on the seat-back pans.
December 23, 2016 Still cleaning up the engine ring .
December 22, 2016 Still cleaning up the engine ring .
December 19 - 21, 2016 Back on the turtledeck and the motor mount .
December 17, 2016 Back on what makes it go .
December 16, 2016 Doing one of the "I'll leave it for later" tasks.
December 15, 2016 Doing one of the small things.
December 11 and 12, 2016 Doing the same thing... or so I thought.
December 6 and 10, 2016 4000 hours.
December 5, 2016 Taking my time tweaking it.
December 3, 2016 Still making the new.
December 2, 2016 Out with the old, in with the new.
November 24, 25, 2016 No more waiting for it.
November 24, 25, 2016 Wait for it...
November 20 - 23, 2016 Just when you thought...
November 15 - 18, 2016 Just about a wrap.
November 12 - 14, 2016 Ready for filing and wrapping.
November 11, 2016 A few more hours of duplicating.
November 10, 2016 I'm a printing machine.
November 9, 2016 OUCH!
November 6, 7, 8, 2016 Seat back (pans) on hold... keeping the momentum going.
November 4, 2016 I knew it had to be changed.
November 3, 2016 I can't stand the waiting... but I've got to stay busy.
October 29 - November 2, 2016 Motor mount brackets... locked and loaded.
October 26 - 28, 2016 The project is taking shape.
October 23 and 24, 2016 I'm there !
October 22, 2016 Are we there yet ?
October 21, 2016 Moving forward... again.
October 16 - 20, 2016 I thought I was ready... not so much.
October 15, 2016 What else can I say?
October 10-14, 2016 If nothing else... I had notes and photos.
October 9, 2016 Birthdays and debates.
October 8, 2016 Welding instead of running.
October 6 and 7, 2016 Finished the tacking... and re-tacking.
October 3 and 4, 2016 Just a minor delay... a common occurance.
October 2, 2016 Thought about doing this... awhile ago.
October 1, 2016 The Edison experiment.
September 24 - 29, 2016 Time... and then more time spent on the side formers.
September 21, 2016 Closing the gap.
September 17, 2016 Drilling... drilling... then some more drilling.
September 16, 2016 MK1000 or K1000 ? MK1000 !
September 12, 13, 14, 2016 A hand-built biplane... that's what I'm building.
September 10, 2016 Eeeeesh... eeeesh !
September 9, 2016 Never past the learning .
September 8, 2016 Past the learning ? I hope not.
September 7, 2016 Working towards my excellence. It's all good.
September 4, 5, 6, 2016 Riveting: The new good.
September 3, 2016 Riveting: the good and the bad.
September 1 and 2, 2016 Let the dimpling begin.
August 30 and 31, 2016 Making them... now.
August 27 and 29, 2016 Still getting things ready... to shape it.
August 25, 2016 Thought I was done with all this notching.
August 24, 2016 Change of plans.
August 23, 2016 Final two bolts... and then the paper pattern !!! Making shapes.
August 20, 2016 Started my "what I thought I was going to do" from yesterday.
August 19, 2016 Not what I thought I would do.
August 17 and 18, 2016 I'm ready to go.
August 15 and 16, 2016 Holding back... until I figure it out.
August 14, 2016 Making a similar shape, only bigger.
August 13, 2016 Making a similar shape.
August 12, 2016 Final two bolts... and then the paper pattern !!! Making shapes.
August 11, 2016 It's bolted on !!!
August 10, 2016 I think it's ready.
August 9, 2016 In a state of re-dos.
August 7, 2016 Repeating... feel good steps. Backs on the seats. There seems to be a pattern here.
August 6, 2016 It's all... feel good steps.
August 5, 2016 It's all about the journey.
August 4, 2016 Holes... washers... somthin'.
August 3, 2016 Somethings, er, Everything takes time.
August 2, 2016 Yes !!! It fits !!!
August 1, 2016 Practicing what I preach...
July 31, 2016 We have a firewall !!!
July 29, 2016 First cuts, or should I say drilled holes, have been made.
July 28, 2016 I'm ready now.
July 27, 2016 Thought I was ready... But I'm not.
July 22, 25, 26, 2016 Preparing for the cutouts...
July 21, 2016 Still making patterns...
July 20, 2016 Triangles, circles and squares ?... oh my !
July 19, 2016 More holes ! More holes...
July 18, 2016 They. Are. On !
July 16, 2016 Last one before the "Pub Tour"...
July 15, 2016 What's new ??? Two more motor mounts... That's what's new.
July 14, 2016 One done.
July 13, 2016 Unhappy... made happy.
July 12, 2016 Yep... a number seven.
July 11, 2016 Yep... two are done.
July 10, 2016 Putting it all together.
July 6, 2016 Pushing... the puddle.
July 5, 2016 Pushing through hesitation... again.
July 2, 2016 They're... clean and ready.
July 1, 2016 They're... ready.
June 30, 2016 After a little hiccup... and we're moving forward again.
June 27, 2016 Spending time on the computer.
June 26, 2016 Battles... to win the war.
June 25, 2016 Finding the source of purpose.
June 24, 2016 On second thought... It's here.
June 23, 2016 DAMN !!!
June 21, 2016 Taking it up a notch... a little faster.
June 20, 2016 Not a bitch anymore.
June 19, 2016 No... this was a bitch.
June 17, 2016 Matching and tweaking...
June 16, 2016 Moving day. The only thing to fear...
June 15, 2016 Re-make a boo-boo
June 14, 2016 The plan of attack...
June 11 and 12, 2016 Crating adventures... Letting the beating commence.
June 7, 8, 9, 10, 2016 Second guessing... Checking... second guessing...
June 6, 2016 More preparation...
June 4,5 2016 Seeing progress. Getting ready for moving day.
June 4, 2016 Searching... is doing.
June 3, 2016 Little victories...
May 31, June 1 and 2, 2016 More thinking...
May 30, 2016 Less than I want to...
May 28, 2016 A lot of areas were worked on today... The Motor Mount, The Battery Tray, and the Harness Webbing Guides.
May 27, 2016 More metal... than you would think.
May 26, 2016 Revised CAD's and second, first cut.
May 21-24, 2016 CAD's, paper patterns and first cuts.
May 20, 2016 In pursuit of the final clue.
May 19, 2016 Welded that thing on ! Twernt easy !
May 17 and 18, 2016 Pushing past "not again" ?
May 14 and 15, 2016 Working on the rear pit's harness support...
May 10 and 11, 2016 Custom fitting; it's all custom fitting...
May 8 and 9, 2016 Test fit; too big...
May 7, 2016 A "Lucky Charms" day.
May 6, 2016 Four is a charm.
May 5, 2016 Three was not a charm.
May 4, 2016 Hopefully, no more practicing...
May 3, 2016 Practicing on the real deal.
