kpnuts Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Hi all I bought this kit with money I got for my birthday, I've only ever built one balsa aircraft kit when I was still a lad in my teens (ahh how well I remember the smell of dope and the lovely twist in the wing where I over zealously applied the dope to the tissue (think that's why it always seemed to crash land ) . Well the kit arrived and it is an impressive kit. The balsa and ply look to be good quality and the laser cutting is also very good. There is a lot of balsa too. I've no idea what the carbon rod is for (or a lot of the other stuff for that matter) This is the instructions that come with the kit That's it, no written instructions, nothing about how the fuselage goes together(there are hundreds of parts) since this is supposed to be an rc plane I'm assuming it's meant for experienced builders (of which I'm not) I dont intend to rc it I intend to build it with no skin on it and am going to stain the framework with red wood stain ( that's always assuming I can figure out how to assemble it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Plans should be clear. You may be missing some part of the plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 Hi all well thanks to Ron I have some pdf instructions. I thought I'd made my first error I was going to stain all the wood before gluing it all together as I thought the glue would stop the stain and wouldn't then look so good. I started with the sides of the fuselage, as I was painting it on the balsa started to curve, i wasn't too worried as i thought when i do the other side as it dries it would straighten up again but it seemed as though it wouldn't so i started gluing some bits together hoping when i come to attaching the sides i could straighten them up then. Luckily they leveled out by themselves, unluckily the glue does affect the stain. Not sure if it shows on the pics but anyway once the other side is on I dont think it will notice, so I've spent the rest of the afternoon staining all the rest of the parts for the fuselage. It's going to be a fair size when done (at least as a static display model anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Lookin' good. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 Hi all more progress, once you've figured out how things go together the fit is great (even with the pdf files it's still confusing) I think the model has been updated since the pdf instructions as the numbers are different and a lot of the parts dont look like the pdf says they should, anyhow here's more progress pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Very cool is that Minwax Gunstock Stain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Hi all more progress, some of the parts bare no resemblance to what the instructions say they should look like, it makes things very confusing. Not sure what I'm going to do with the engine painting wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Usually oil-based stains and paints will not distort wood, while water-based will. Was the stain water-based or oil-based? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Water based stain Pete. Hi all more progress on this, I'm really enjoying this, I'm considering adding the serves and control cables just to add more interest to the finished plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 Hi all more progress on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Well got the upper wing structure done (shes going to be a fair size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Got some work done on the middle wing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 First 2 wings complete and a mockup of them on the plane (this thing will be huge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hi all, more progress it's a good kit as regards fit the instructions on the other hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Nearly done with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Looks like it's coming along nicely. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrobarry Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 How big is this thing? It looks massive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 It is a fair size wingspan is 770mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hi all well I'm calling this done, I intended to leave the woodwork showing and obviously never intend to fly it so i see no point in buying a prop for it. Now it's done I have no idea what I'm going to do with it as it is huge so it will probably end its days in the shed hanging from the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Nice, but it badly needs a prop! It looks unfinished with out one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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