Sunday, March 22, 2009
Emergency cockpit door
I made an emergency exit door....
Yeah really, believe me :-) I had almost no idea how to make that, but I thought that two sheets of thin plywood and some wooden sticks could possibly do the job. And they really did it....
Wood glue is an amazing thing. If you do it right, it is more stable than the wood itself.
I made a fixture from an old board and two slats to bend the first sheet. Then I glued the sticks on that sheet. One hour later I glued the second sheet on top of the construction and used a lot of clamps to press it together. And another hour later the door was almost finished.
Painted and with all the necessary stickers, it looks almost like the original.... just a bit smaller.
(The handle is an original from Connie SN4202)
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