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| hjlittman | Guillows 25H-15 Vaught F7U Cutlass | Build | 20-Feb-13 21:03 |  | | Views : 3073 | | Not the Guillows Cutlass, but mine. I was at the O.F.F.C. (Old Farts Flying Club) meeting last week and was reminded that the contest, at the end of the month, was for no-cal pusher. It seemed that everyone there was practicing with a Hansa Jet from the A. A. Lidberg plans. Some others were talking about building a Shinden or an XP55. (Both plans are available, but I don't have the reference.) At first I wasn't going to participate, my time being what it is, then it occurred to me that an F7U-1 could work very well, and would be mildly disruptive, so I decided to see if I could draw and build one in about 4 hours. It's coming along nicely, squeezed in a few minutes at a time between other tasks, but I missed my O.F.F.C. meeting this morning and not having access to an indoor venue between now and the contest it will be a case of get it trimmed inside my den (13.5 foot ceiling) and go for broke at the contest next week. If it flies well it's another possibility for a kit. |
| David Duckett | Guillows Series 300 - Series Pilatus Porter | Reference | 20-Feb-13 13:47 |  | | Views : 956 | | Snow! |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Reference | 20-Feb-13 12:25 |  | | Views : 920 | | JG.... glad that you inquired. The choice was made yesterday. An Italian craft used by Russia. An Ansaldo A.1 Balilla. |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Build | 20-Feb-13 12:18 |  | | Views : 879 | | With this array of wires, Jennifer is capable of receiving all of the satellite television channels and she has wing skids that must be painted tomorrow. |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Build | 20-Feb-13 12:16 |  | | Views : 932 | | With all of the wire, Jennifer is still shy two wires....a task for tomorrow. |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Build | 20-Feb-13 12:14 |  | | Views : 903 | | Now to fabricate a prop. |
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| David Duckett | Todays Hobbies Boeing F/A-18 Hornet | Build | 20-Feb-13 06:32 |  | | Views : 1609 | | Those bumps on the top are why I still have it. It's stiff plastic so trim it, glue it front and back with medium CA, and then use your finger to press on the top which will force the bottom sides to the fuselage so they can be glued in place. |
| julinick | Scratch Built Grumman F9F Panther | Reference | 19-Feb-13 19:20 |  | | Views : 1156 | | Hi Brian, I think you've done a great job. My suggestion, and it's only my suggestion is to make a wind screen shock like in this picture and have a opened canopy. I would carefully cut the canopy where it opens, then touch up the paint where it's cut. |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Build | 19-Feb-13 15:29 |  | | Views : 878 | | The tools of the head rigger. Stretch magic is wonderful. I used some beading cable for strength and stretch magic for show. Being able to see small objects at close range would have been nice as would arthritis free digits. |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Build | 19-Feb-13 15:29 |  | | Views : 882 | | Installing the eyelets before attaching the wings was time well spent. |
| John M Oshust | AerodromeRC Curtiss JN-4 D "Jenny" | Build | 19-Feb-13 15:28 |  | | Views : 847 | | I hope to finish rigging the “udder” side tomorrow. |
| BriandKilby | Todays Hobbies Boeing F/A-18 Hornet | Parked | 19-Feb-13 15:16 |  | | Views : 5302 | | worst canopy application ever. |
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