Baby Barnstormer

I have been slowly building a Baby Barnstormer.

Many years ago I learned to fly with a Stuntman 23 and moved up to a Baby barnstormer. It was covered with silkspan and was painted white. It was powered with a TeeDee .049. I still have the TeeDee and am recreating the BB. This version will have a 24.5" wingspan which is a bit oversize. The wing is ready for covering, I am still trying to come up with a design for the fuel tank as it has to be a pressure tank.

I have several cans of Cox red fuel which is good stuff.

I flew the original both summer and winter, I remember flying on a frozen lake and crashing into a snow drift.

This version will be Cub Yellow, the only choices I had at the hobby shop were Foker red, orange, green and yellow. I would have liked Stearman red but they did not have that. The last photo is of an old drafting kit. These old ruling pens work quite well with dope and it is possible to draw sharp lines and circles. I am not very good at coming up with good designs, all my planes look like someone with a ruling pen drew silly lines on them. I would like to have someone give me a good design.

This a fairly simple plane to build and I remember it was fun to fly. At that time I was not a 3D flyer, I just flew in circles.

Yeow! You have completed a lot of the plane! It looks good. I did a quick search of "tanks" and found one Rusty did .....he also has two videos on building and mounting of pressure tanks for use with TD engines. Someone will find and post the Link to them

https://www.coxengineforum.com/t667-video-making-a-pressureless-bladder-tank-and-using-it-to-fuel-my-medallion?highlight=Tank

You did not say if the covering you are going to use is paper or plastic? Is it like monocoat or did you get colored silkspan?  Let us know what you're using and I'm sure someone will have helpful hints on how to properly apply and finish the covering.

When I first got into drafting some of the "old school" architects/engineers were still using "velum" and inked pens like calligraphy pens  similar to what you have there!  You weren't a real engineer unless you could "ink" your own drawings, or just have the lowly "draftsman"  draw them for you.  Yeah, I watched the great change from ink to mechanical pencils and finally to computers and CAD drawings, sorta like the Wright brothers watching planes turn into jets then watching Neil Armstrong land on the moon!!  Today you can search the world for images on your computer find ones you like and print them on "decal paper" and put them on your plane.  Once again refer to RUstys build thread on the TWISTEr! What a guy. So you are NOT limited to just circles and lines on your plane!   Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!!

Just found part one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BNCkngFqPVw&itct=CBAQpDAYASITCM6cpZyes84CFd2dTgodyAgH2zIGcmVsbWZ1SIf81fmFsPnhVA%3D%3D