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Guys, here are a few pics of my 40% Carden 260 framed up by Tom Mikalauskas. For those of you that do not know Tom, he is a fantastic custom builder in Dayton Ohio. Every joint is perfect and he did many lighteneing mods inspired by Ivan K. Tom sent me a pictorial build log almost daily and called me regularly for input on how I wanted things done. I felt like I was there building it along with him. I picked it up two weeks ago, but life has been a little hectic lately and I am just getting around to playing with it. There is virtually no filler at all on this plane. another nice mod is the seamless turtledeck/fin filler. I will post more pics once I get rolling with finishing and set up.
Any of you who have seen Snapasaurus' Pitts, Tony Bonano's Edge or John Bradley's Yak can attest to the quality of Tom's work (I know there are many others out there, these are just the few I have seen. I believe Tom has built close to 40 Cardens). Thanks again Tom. It was a pleasure working with you. Can't wait to do another! Craig K