February 15 - Misc. Update

All the capstrips are installed...a tedious task that I'm glad is finally done.  Working on the trailing and leading edge now.  Not much to show in photos, but got a couple of interesting documents over the weekend that are informative and fun:

My friend Kent McMakin gave me this one

This must be where I got my love of old airplanes.  They probably owe me millions in profit sharing, or something like that!!!  Also included is a price list.  Can you imagine paying $10.50 for a cylinder assembly, $12.00 for a camshaft, or $21.00 for a crankshaft!  Maybe people in the 1920's complained about the prices like we do today, but at least they had a source for parts - Oh for the good old days...

Buck Hilbert sent me this one.  I had a B&W copy, so I was very happy to get a color version.  It's an original Lincoln-page sales brochure.  It will be great documentation to justify the paint and color scheme as my airplane was painted exactly like this.  The original owner, Chuck Balling, re-painted the aircraft orange and black when he purchased it - no one knows why.  After removing the layers of paint, I was able to find the original silver/red.  Also included was a spec sheet.

My next update should have more about the leading and trailing edge installation, so check back in a week or so.