When we last saw the A-1 Skyraider we had just seen the tail come together.

Plus we had installed some push rods.

Not to mention we had watched a LOT of football and drank a lot of beer.

Phew! We were busy! So, what’s next?

Hmmm… I’ve discovered a pile of pieces. Maybe we are going to build one of those Polynesian canoes with the arms and floats. We’ve got the skinny little sticks for the arms and the torpedo-shaped parts for the floats.

Or, maybe we are building floats for the Spad?

Or we’re building wings.

Fish bone-like wings.

That’s a little wing, though.

Wait! It’s a platform for weight reproduction! Notice how when it was first placed up above there were only a few… now look how many have shown up!

I wondered why Jay had started hoarding toilet paper rolls….

Wow… now we have some growth.

Wait… this is ONE wing?? ONE?!

It has to be about four feet long! One wing?! Is this airplane going to end up being like Gibbs’ boat on NCIS where you wonder how you get it out of the basement??! Yikes!

A few building tips:

1. Make sure to keep your strength up while building. Eat plenty of greasy foods so that the drippings on your workbench will collect all of the sawdust that you are creating.

2. Save money when building by using things that are found around the home, such as toilet paper or paper towel rolls. They aren’t just for kids’ crafts any more!

To keep the weight down on your aircraft make sure to remove all glue residue and left-over paper on your toilet paper tubes.

Ta-Daaaa!!!

You have, ONE wing.

Again… how is this thing going to come out of the basement?

I’m going to need a while to ponder that…

In the next post perhaps I’ll be sharing the modifications that we will be making to our basement in order to install a hangar door.