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| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Reference | 12-Jun-11 14:43 |  | | Views : 1569 | | I've selected 1.4A charge rate because the battery is 1.35AH which is close to a "1C" charge rate. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Reference | 12-Jun-11 14:42 |  | | Views : 1545 | | For rhysleo. This charger and your Turnigy use a balance connector called "XH/EH" but the battery uses the Thunder Power style so you need am adapter. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Reference | 02-May-11 16:47 |  | | Views : 1700 | | Penny is only 10 weeks old so we've not done a lot of building together yet. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 16-Mar-11 22:20 |  | | Views : 1667 | | The small test piece has three light coats, enough to look very good on the side with primer, but the side I didn't prime could use another coat or two like I had to do with the unprimed nacelle. Looks like a keeper to me. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 16-Mar-11 22:17 |  | | Views : 1614 | | I mentioned the problem I had with this primer to a friend and he said it was either too cold or I didn't shake the can enough. It was above the minimum reccomended temperature so I shook the can till my arm was tired and tried again. As you can see, the effort was worth it. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 16-Mar-11 22:15 |  | | Views : 1483 | | The LHS wanted $8 for a can of Krylon primer so I got this can of Rust-Oleum engine primer from the home improvement store for $5.50. As you can see, the first test piece was a disaster. |
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| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 16-Mar-11 22:13 |  | | Views : 1546 | | I took a scrap of silver SoLite to the LHS and found the best color match that I could. Later I realized it was for polycarbonate RC car shells, but it didn't hurt the extra engine nacelle I tested it on, just took a lot of coats to get good color. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 13-Mar-11 20:12 |  | | Views : 1663 | | Who says you can't see the skeleton once it's been covered? |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 13-Mar-11 20:11 |  | | Views : 1664 | | Nice and smooth, got to love Solite for these smaller models. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 13-Mar-11 20:10 |  | | Views : 1536 | | Starting to wonder if I really do want clear windows. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 13-Mar-11 20:08 |  | | Views : 1548 | | I thought I could cover the access hatch with Solite, but as you can so it just doesn't stick so I'll have to use spray paint. |
| SteveM | Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide | Build | 13-Mar-11 20:07 |  | | Views : 1520 | | I like how it turned out here at the fuselage exit point. |
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