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Over the Christmas break I spent some more time on my Tiger Moth. The upper wing and landing gear have finally been installed.

Here’s a couple of shots of the upper wing installed.

The struts used to support the upper wing on the fuselage were a little warped from GWS. A few people have talked about trying to flatten them. I didn’t bother. Because of this, I broke the strut off the wing when I tightened up the screw to hold it on the chassis. I fixed this and it seems to hold together now.

I’ve done more work since these photos were taken and will post another update this week. I can’t wait to get out and fly this. Tomorrow I’ll call and see if my radio is repaired and ready to go. Maybe I can get out this weekend!

Continuing work on my Tiger Moth I’ve assembled the horizontal and vertical stabilizers.

It finally looks like a plane! I’ve attached the lower wing, the horizontal stabilizer, and the vertical stabilizer. This gives me a big rush. I can finally see the plane taking shape and want to rush to get it completed.

Continuing work on my Tiger Moth I’ve assembled the horizontal and vertical stabilizers.

Here’s the horizontal stabilizer after cutting the elevators free.

Again, paper hinges are used to hold the elevators to the stabilizer. These were a little awkward to install. I did a much better job with the hinges this time. I made sure the slots were deep enough to put the hinges in without bending them.

And here’s the rudder cut apart from the vertical stabilizer.