Draker
Well Known Member
With the fuselage kit still in its box and the mostly-finished wings taking up 1/2 my garage, it was finally time to move those puppies out of the way. After reading some ideas here, and considering things like strapping them to the garage ceiling, I ended up deciding to build a shed for them in the backyard, and it turned out great. It is 6 feet wide by 12 feet long, and fits both wings in their cradle, the horizontal stabilizer, both elevators, the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and all the various fiberglass ends that I haven't yet installed.
I had a pretty narrow backyard, so I had to plan a bit. The foundation would be two pressure treated skids on top of gravel:
Child labor and animal labor always helps:
Floor framing done:
3/4" thick tongue and groove for the floor should support the weight:
Raising the first wall:
Walls framed and sheathed, and roof is done:
Found shingles that matched the ones on my house!
Hinges screwed into the siding. I plan to remove them later when I trim around the door and screw the hinges through the trim too. Later...
I had a pretty narrow backyard, so I had to plan a bit. The foundation would be two pressure treated skids on top of gravel:
![IMG_0599-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-XgQn5Br%2F0%2F3e23b3c4%2FL%2FIMG_0599-L.jpg&hash=8dc444ac5bcacd86eab7f9afd1a5f7fa)
Child labor and animal labor always helps:
![IMG_0603-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-Fws9H8p%2F0%2F43378fdd%2FL%2FIMG_0603-L.jpg&hash=037177e0dd665d7f2bd55a4f64f93511)
Floor framing done:
![IMG_0605-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-z24NBNz%2F0%2Fb567fb32%2FL%2FIMG_0605-L.jpg&hash=6d28610d8fbece742e7a86c2cfc2af51)
3/4" thick tongue and groove for the floor should support the weight:
![IMG_0606-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-2XFqsvf%2F0%2Fbafda2db%2FL%2FIMG_0606-L.jpg&hash=2a24602a9660a1988b9052e1454e015e)
Raising the first wall:
![IMG_0638-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-SKwJgsw%2F0%2F214b399c%2FL%2FIMG_0638-L.jpg&hash=635661b96504461c2f71b5d13eede375)
Walls framed and sheathed, and roof is done:
![IMG_0644-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-HFqwJPH%2F0%2Fb6a677e8%2FL%2FIMG_0644-L.jpg&hash=85353b64c52d2aa450f863a906bfd3e1)
Found shingles that matched the ones on my house!
![IMG_0779-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-t2rwJDR%2F0%2Ff45d89a6%2FL%2FIMG_0779-L.jpg&hash=c96a1d6cb0a3e279a3327507cbaf4c7e)
Hinges screwed into the siding. I plan to remove them later when I trim around the door and screw the hinges through the trim too. Later...
![IMG_0780-L.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FWoodworking%2FShed-1%2Fi-TmHZKSR%2F0%2F27f3ccb8%2FL%2FIMG_0780-L.jpg&hash=4d0f46dfd2ad3b1013922c8714972db7)