The Stinson Trimotor Cowling Project.

• The original photos
• The plane as restored
• The bump cowl unrestored sample

• Tooling up
  • The buck
  • The hamerform
  • Flexible patterns
• Forming the material
  • Wheeling the curve
  • Shrinking the front
  • Sinking the bubbles
  • Rolling it all smooth
• Assembly of the skin
  • Fitting the parts
  • Welding up the halves.
• Making the frame
  • Rolled hoops
  • Formed edges
  • Stress relief rivet pads
• Putting it all together