Rough layout of Queen Bee

[Brian Jackson]

G'mornin' all.
Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend. I certainly am, in that Gyro-building kinda way :) . Thought I'd share a couple of photos I snapped last night. Queen Bee is starting to take shape, and I laid her out on the kitchen floor to make sure she still looked like the CAD model.

Few things in life are more satisfying than seeing the results of "labors of love." She doesn't look like much yet, but she's one step closer to fulfilling a life-long dream, and joining the ranks of the fine folks here whom are already flying.

There's no holes in her yet, as I've chosen to do "direct drilling" wherever possible to ensure absolute concentricity of hole alignment. Besides, I'm still saving my pennys toward a good set of reamers :D .

Also, the "streaks" you see on the aluminum aren't geometric... they're just cosmetic blemishes that appear when flash photographed. Kinda strange.

Respectfully submitted,
Brian Jackson

[Brian Jackson]

...I laid her out on the kitchen floor... Few things in life are more satisfying... "labors of love"... There's no holes in her... a good set of reamers...
I just realized how funny that sounded :D . Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself, then you're taking life WAY too serious!

Cheers,
Brian Jackson

[barnstorm2]

I just realized how funny that sounded :D . Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself, then you're taking life WAY too serious!

Cheers,
Brian Jackson


Great point!

[KDOG]

Looking good, Brian. I have my fuel tank mount painted and hanging up. I have the engine mount all done, just waiting for the weather to cooperate so I can etch, alodine, prime, and paint. Thinking of getting a respirator so I can paint in the shed with a little heater, I just got to watch the fumes though. After the engine mount is done, I will be taking down the airframe and painting her up. I'm painting her American flag blue. I'll put some pics when I get some taken!!!

[Brian Jackson]

Looking good, Brian. I have my fuel tank mount painted and hanging up. I have the engine mount all done, just waiting for the weather to cooperate so I can etch, alodine, prime, and paint. Thinking of getting a respirator so I can paint in the shed with a little heater, I just got to watch the fumes though. After the engine mount is done, I will be taking down the airframe and painting her up. I'm painting her American flag blue. I'll put some pics when I get some taken!!!
Cool, bro! Share whatever pix you can. We're all kinda learning from each other here, so the more info the better. Thanks for the update. I'd love for our Bees to "swarm" together someday. Perhaps at a fly-in.

Your friend,
Brian Jackson