iowa L4

iowa · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:53 pm

hello
i'm new
usually on the J3-cub or G503 websites.
i own a wrecked 1942 L4
43-574 (9433)
am restoring blueprint # 21983
which depicts the fitting for the upper seat back belt.

this is a copy of the blueprint i have! :shock:

does anyone have a good copy
or know where one could view
an original copy?

thanks
dave
'iowa'

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:43 pm

I'm sorry, but I'm drawing a blank on who the best person to ask about this would be.

Ryan

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:23 am

If all else fails, the Smithsonian (National Air & Space Museum) should have all of them on Microfilm.

iowa · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:16 am

thanks guys
the above bp is apparently from the smithsonian collection
do you think it would be possible to
contact them directly and try to obtain a 'cleaner' copy?
if so, how would i go about this?
thanks
dave

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:39 am

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/

Click "Research Services/Contact Us" on the left side of the page.

iowa · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:08 am

thanks for link
will contact them
dave

iowa · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:30 pm

hello
i am back after a long absence!
since i last posted
have come a long way on my fort sill silver L-4B
and hope to have it flying before the snow flies!!

i know of only 4 pictures of these 100 silver L-4Bs that
were sent to Fort Sill
(i will post these later)

does anyone know of anyother
i'm talking about military serial numbers 43-491 to 43-590
mine is 43-572

i'm usually on the J3-cub forum
and if anyone is interested
you can read all 53 pages on my L4 thread!!

http://www.j3-cub.com/smf/index.php?topic=685.0

thanks
dave

51fixer · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:46 pm

iowa wrote:

hello
i am back after a long absence!
since i last posted
have come a long way on my fort sill silver L-4B
and hope to have it flying before the snow flies!!

i know of only 4 pictures of these 100 silver L-4Bs that
were sent to Fort Sill
(i will post these later)

does anyone know of anyother
i'm talking about military serial numbers 43-491 to 43-590
mine is 43-572

i'm usually on the J3-cub forum
and if anyone is interested
you can read all 53 pages on my L4 thread!!

http://www.j3-cub.com/smf/index.php?topic=685.0

thanks
dave

Congrats on your work. Looks great.
Quick question- do the leading edge skins get held together with anything other than screws that attach them to the ribs?
Do they just sit on each other where they overlap?
Thx

iowa · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:22 am

just the screws
and clear packing tape around the seam
dave

51fixer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:25 am

iowa wrote:

just the screws
and clear packing tape around the seam
dave

As I Thought.
Thanks for the confirmation.

iowa · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:04 am

here are the 4 known pics of fort sill L-4Bs

right now i'm trying to determine the color of the numbers on the side
some think they were insignia blue like the circle around the star
and some think they were black
no one knows for sure
dave

iowa · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:10 am

in my 1st post
i edited in a better drawing of 21863

i did buy the rolls of microfilm from the smithsonian
and scanned them at high resolution
they are much much better then prior copies

dave

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11282

You should make the markings on one side blue and black on the other side. That way you'll always be 1/2 right and never be 100% wrong!

I know, not very helpful, but great work on your project!

iowa · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:21 pm

now there's an idea...ha
circle will be a very dark insignia blue
(will add some dakota black)
and the numbers will be a flat black
i'll post a picture when i get it done
dave

51fixer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:57 pm

iowa wrote:

now there's an idea...ha
circle will be a very dark insignia blue
(will add some dakota black)
and the numbers will be a flat black
i'll post a picture when i get it done
dave

Typically insignias were pretty standard colors and followed some Federal Standards.
I would say Insignia Blue would be right as a spec.

My mom was from Story City IA. You anywhere near that area of the state?

Warbird Information Exchange

iowa L4

Who is online