Update on my T-6 project...

Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:22 am

By request...

T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 1 http://rides.webshots.com/album/140032737wPCKAE
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 2 http://rides.webshots.com/album/68303251sUfWYF
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 3 http://rides.webshots.com/album/244637426kDNsQH
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 4 http://rides.webshots.com/album/335004114hdEFqt
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 5 http://rides.webshots.com/album/424101971smbQNT
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 6 http://rides.webshots.com/album/556931548OUuxEV

Part 5 is revised, part 6 is new and current!

Other stuff: http://community.webshots.com/user/c322348

Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:02 am

Many thanks! Great to see how things are going, and well done.

All the best,
Richard

Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:55 am

Looking Great Brandon!

Cheers

TT

Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:02 am

Lookin' good Brandon. Good find on the crack in the tubing behind the firewall. That's why we restore 'em. ;-)

Nice work.

Gary

Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:09 am

Yep - quite

- when we started work on our T-6G we began by x-raying the birdcage - its amazing how the lanolin kept the tubes clear of corrosion even after 60 + years - we then did the same thing on the other T-6 and two Harvards we are restoring for other people... not expensive and in fact no requirement to x-ray but it does give you peace of mind...

TT

Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:33 am

It's really coming along nice.

Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:08 am

What model Harvard is it?

Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:20 am

Looks Great! Can't wait to see her flying!
Taylor

Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:30 pm

Stoney wrote:What model Harvard is it?

The data plate says it is an SNJ-4 :wink:

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Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:33 pm

Thanks everyone! Like Gary says, "I don't know everything," so if you have any recommendations or comments spit 'em up! :wink:

Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:38 pm

bdk wrote: if you have any recommendations or comments spit 'em up!

SELL, SELL, SELL!!! Get rid of it before you lose the wife, house, and anything else that is dear to you. I know a little short, fat guy in Midland, TX that will take it off your hands reeeeeaaal cheap. ;-)

Okay, it was worth a shot. Just keep up the great work. And keep us posted on the progress please.

Gary

Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:41 pm

retroaviation wrote:
bdk wrote: if you have any recommendations or comments spit 'em up!

SELL, SELL, SELL!!! Get rid of it before you lose the wife, house, and anything else that is dear to you. I know a little short, fat guy in Midland, TX that will take it off your hands reeeeeaaal cheap.

Okay, it was worth a shot. Just keep up the great work. And keep us posted on the progress please.

Gary

Nice try, Gary. Brandon, I know a great gal in RI who's looking for one!!!!

Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:58 pm

Looks great Brandon!

How are you going to re-finish the fuselage tubular? pull whatever you
can off and prime/paint it?

I forget who else once told me that was their plan with their T-6 (take
as many brackets & stuff off as you can) but after doing that, the
project in question turned into a 10+ year deal (funny how that can
happen!). :shock:

Bela P. Havasreti

Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:59 pm

snj-5 wrote:How are you going to re-finish the fuselage tubular? pull whatever you can off and prime/paint it?

I forget who else once told me that was their plan with their T-6 (take
as many brackets & stuff off as you can) but after doing that, the
project in question turned into a 10+ year deal (funny how that can
happen!).

Thanks Bela!

I plan to chemically strip what I can on the fuselage and center section wing. The center section wing will be etched, alodined, and epoxy primed, then spray bombed epoxy white. If you do it carefully and do a panel at a time it will look great. Any surface rust on the frame will be abraded away and the entire stripped frame will be phosphoric acid etched and epoxy primed. I will then color coat the fuselage tubular with spray bomb zinc chromate followed by spray bomb clear. I've tried a few areas and it is cheap and easy and reasonably durable. It is also easily touched up.

I'ver probably added about 6 months to the project by detailing the cockpit, but things like instruments, radios, hoses, and wiring, not to mention hydraulics would have had to have been done anyway.

Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:21 pm

Its has Harvard throttle quadrants and many Harvard parts