mdmorgan
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i've got a box that probably weighs 30 lbs full of clecos.Do you guys have a bunch of CLECO fasteners at home?
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i've got a box that probably weighs 30 lbs full of clecos.Do you guys have a bunch of CLECO fasteners at home?
who ever said anything about pink camo? even my wife is like "no way".Hopefully air conditioning won't be a necessity at the rally (says the guy working on getting his installed in the pantry truck). How's the pink camo exterior coming?
Was looking at the background in one of your pics and assumed that you or the Misses was an airframe mechanic. Airframe mechanics always have a collection of CLECOs. Am I far off? The hub covers probably won't make it to the post office until Tuesday.i've got a box that probably weighs 30 lbs full of clecos.
MD is doing an Outstanding job. I gotta toot my own horn a little bit. BUT who do you think put him on this Massive job .. ME
MD and wife are taking the trailer thing to a whole new level Simply Outstanding .
When I was in the Navy I started working on the F/A-18C Hornet, then we swapped to the F/A-18E Super Hornet. When I got out I decided to go back to school for more sheetmetal training and my wife, who was not long out of high school, decided to give it a try with me. well, she ended up liking it and she was pretty good at it, we were the top 2 in our class . Her, having no prior experiance, got into a co-op program with the base at Warner Robins where she got OJT while finishing school, later getting hired civil service. I went ahead and finished school and got hired by a contract company working on base on the C-130 Hercules, I too later got hired civil service and that is where we are at today, Both of us are structural mechanics on the C-130.Was looking at the background in one of your pics and assumed that you or the Misses was an airframe mechanic. Airframe mechanics always have a collection of CLECOs. Am I far off? The hub covers probably won't make it to the post office until Tuesday.
I probably would have but i made enough off selling stuff i didn't need(for dirt cheap) that i have very little money in this thing. (another reason to love this hobby, do it right and it can almost pay for itself) That and its something for us both to work on.mdmorgan,
I have to give you and your lovely wife a lot of credit for this M109 rebuild. You are way more motivated than I would ever be, if it were me it would have been scraped when I discovered how rotten it is. I can't even get my wife to walk by my Deuce let alone get arm pit deep in the whole project. Keep up the great work and keep the pictures coming, and
said box of clecos and other aircraft related toolsi've got a box that probably weighs 30 lbs full of clecos.
Thank you, we both appreciate the kind words from everyone. Really? you think we're the first, thats kinda neat. Apart from this being steel its actually easier than drilling up a new aircraft skin. Its wide open, no hydraulic lines or wire bundles or control cables to work around, nowhere near the amount of holes to drill, ribs are spaced 10x farther apart and for the most part, its flat. The hardest part i think is going to be forming the compound curves at the top corners. which i may just cut off the old ones and weld onto the new sheets, havn't decided yet.I would bet you guys are the first people (outside the military) to ever completely re-skin an M109.
That is an amazing amount of work.
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