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| CPN, Comment for image # 18317 | 22 Jun 10 03:29 |
| Jedi, thank you. I usually use guillows silkspan - I buy it from the hobby shop near my house. It looks great and is strong, but it was taking me about 4 coats of thinned dope to seal it, and even then there were still pinholes showing through. I tried esaki on this kit. The whole issue was in doubt and I almost stripped it all off and went with silkspan again. There are dozens of covering tips and ideas on the Pensacola Free Flight Team website - articles link here: http://pensacolafreeflight.org/pageDisplay.jsp?pageid=13152 Some of the articles were of great help in getting the covering on this reasonably tight. |
| Jedi, Comment for image # 18317 | 22 Jun 10 01:57 |
| Very nice, looks like a smooth paper job!!! |
| CPN, Comment for image # 18317 | 21 Jun 10 05:38 |
| I'll paint it the standard RLM 74, 75, 76 mix. I have not decided about the extra markings though. There are just so many good examples out there. Any suggestions? Maybe a JG-1 bird with the eagle decal on the side... |
| jerry campbell, Comment for image # 18317 | 21 Jun 10 01:42 |
| Really looking good, have you decided on a color scheme yet? |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 18317 | 21 Jun 10 00:47 |
| Yes it is! |
| CPN, Image # 18317 | 20 Jun 10 17:56 |
Coming together nicely, |
| CPN, Image # 18316 | 20 Jun 10 17:56 |
Chris: 1, Guillows plastic, 0. I had to resort to some uh, unorthodox methods. |
| pakasit1812, Comment for image # 18284 | 15 Jun 10 12:45 |
| You need a real good jig to glue 3 blades equally on to a spinner.
Try it on clay. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 18284 | 14 Jun 10 13:19 |
| Thanks. It is LOOKING GOOD!! |
| CPN, Comment for image # 18284 | 14 Jun 10 10:00 |
| The prop is two peck 5 inchers Gorilla Glue'ed together. It looks good from here, but up close, all three blades are at slightly different pitches. Anyone out there know how to make a good, flying three blader? As for weight - I have no idea, but the kit wood was good quality, light wood and the stringers are very light. I don't want to say "contest grade" because I'm not sure what that really means, but they are really light. I usually cover with silkspan, but I'm doing this one with esaki. I'll try and wrangle up a postal scale - maybe the wife has one. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 18284 | 14 Jun 10 05:19 |
| What would you guess the weight to be at this point? Very nice three bladed prop. Did you make it? |
| CPN, Image # 18285 | 13 Jun 10 18:09 |
The kit is starting to look like a Wurger. |
| CPN, Image # 18284 | 13 Jun 10 18:08 |
I have removed all the wood I think I can. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 18234 | 09 Jun 10 04:14 |
| I agree!! It has some beautiful lines and I see them already developing in your model. |
| jerry campbell, Comment for image # 18234 | 09 Jun 10 00:51 |
| I know the feeling -- good luck with the project. |
| CPN, Image # 18235 | 08 Jun 10 18:01 |
I'm trying to fly this one. I dremeled out as much wood as I can (anyone who has built these 500 series knows there is alot of extra wood) and substituted the Guillows stringers for some really light 1/16th stringers I bought at the local hobby shop. |
| CPN, Image # 18234 | 08 Jun 10 17:59 |
Here we go again. This is the second time I have built this kit in 6 months. I just can't get enough of the Wurger's perfect proportions. |
| Heinrich Dorfmann, Comment for image # 18197 | 06 Jun 10 09:52 |
| "Why do I always have to do the barrel cleaning detail ...?" |
| CPN, Comment for image # 18197 | 04 Jun 10 13:13 |
| Correction - the one in the foreground is an 8" gun. |
| CPN, Image # 18198 | 04 Jun 10 13:10 |
All I can tell you about this thing is that it was made at the Naval Gun Factory in Watervliet NY in 1943. Amazing, isn't it? |
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