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| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Reference | 14-Feb-10 10:11 |  | | Views : 8876 | | So far you guys haven't convinced me to move to TX or the east coast. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 27-Jan-10 21:42 |  | | Views : 9043 | | A thin coat of Liquitex gray as a primer adds 0.1oz. I think from here I'll jump right into the final colors rather than add another coat of primer. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 26-Jan-10 22:11 |  | | Views : 9285 | | Pushrods are installed, waiting for the tailfeathers glue to dry, and the elevator to straighten out. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 26-Jan-10 20:09 |  | | Views : 10409 | | The Hellcat is getting a little portly. Recovering the fuselage in silkspan and two layers of thinned nitrate dope on everything added about 0.2 oz., the tailfeather push rods add another 0.2 oz. or so. The only thing missing from this picture is paint. This is the first plane that I have treated with nitrate dope. In fact, it was a mix of 50% nitrate dope, 25% thinner, and 25% retarder. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 18-Jan-10 22:31 |  | | Views : 10778 | | In an earlier photo I show the weight of the uncovered frame without the radio, landing gear, plastics, and a tiny part of the fuselage was 5.6oz. Here we are at 7.73oz. covered in domestic tissue and silkspan with everything except paint and the linkages to the tailfeathers. I wonder what I did with the linkages? I guess AUW will be on the plus side of 8oz. which is on the heavy end of the expect 7-8oz. listed in the instructions. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 17-Jan-10 22:15 |  | | Views : 10963 | | Covering the wing with silkspan (dry with an UHU glue stick) was refreshingly easy and went smoothly. About all that is left is to redo the control surfaces then fortify the fuselage as John C. suggested. |
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| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 17-Jan-10 09:33 |  | | Views : 11058 | | Less than an hour of work to replace the Doculam with silkspan while listening to Norm build a drop leaf table. The area you see covered hear is all the further I had got with Doculam and it was painful progress at best. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 16-Jan-10 23:36 |  | | Views : 11095 | | After spending close to an hour struggling to cover a few square inches of the wing with Doculam (the stuff I used on the Tyro) I got demotivated and gave up as I have done on many previous occasions. Then I decided that having it covered in silkspan was better than not having it covered in Doculam so I got busy. As I was preparing to cover the last two spots of the fuselage it suddenly dawned on me that I was not using my medium grade silkspan, but had somehow grabbed a spare sheet of domestic tissue and was too dense to notice the difference for a few hours.What do you guys think, leave the tissue on or strip it off and redo with silkspan? |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 09-May-08 02:47 |  | | Views : 3420 | | I guess you'll have to take my word for it, but the last of the tailfeathers are now covered. All that remains are the wing and fuse. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 29-Apr-08 02:28 |  | | Views : 3504 | | Horizontal stabilizer and ailerons covered with Doculam. Thinking about covering the fuse and wing leaves me aprehensive, but I guess it just requires lots of time and care. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 19-Mar-08 21:22 |  | | Views : 3708 | | All of the electronics and geared parts were removed for sanding. Sanding went quickly as all of the parts fit very well and I had already shaped the LE and TE. This one goes into the hanger till I sort out the covering options. |
| SteveM | Molt Models Hellcat | Build | 19-Mar-08 02:56 |  | | Views : 3941 | | The obligatory lap about the floor under power. About all that remains is to sand and cover, and I am in limbo about what to cover it with. |
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