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| Don C, Comment for image # 34115 | 26 May 15 09:01 |
| Now this is an interesting concept. Even has the insignia right side up! |
| David Duckett, Image # 34115 | 26 May 15 08:03 |
Waitin' for you, Don.:-) |
| Creosotewind, Comment for image # 10389 | 04 Nov 14 13:41 |
| "Just once I wish people would call me 'Sir' without adding 'you are making a scene.'" Homer Simpson. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 10389 | 02 Nov 14 23:39 |
| The temptation is too great....... Yes, sir. I'll remember that. :) |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 10389 | 31 Oct 14 16:28 |
| It can be done while wet or after it dries. David or DD.....that Mister stuff scares me.:) |
| Don C, Comment for image # 10389 | 31 Oct 14 15:22 |
| Mr. Duckett - Thanks. The doping before covering explains a lot, but you raised another question: "Once the silkspan is in place and neatly trimmed, I brush a coat over the entire piece". Is that before or after it has dried? I think it's after, but can see it being done wet too as over wood it doesn't need to dry taut. Don |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 10389 | 31 Oct 14 04:14 |
| For Don C.: I cover wet using nitrate dope as the adhesive. The framework has been filled with lightweight spackle and sanded smooth and three coats of thinned dope applied with light sanding after each coat. Cover the same as for open framework. It's actually easier on a solid surface. Once the silkspan is in place and trimmed neatly, I brush a coat of dope over the entire piece. When it's completely covered I brush on three additional coats of dope before starting the painting. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 10402 | 12 Nov 11 17:46 |
| Thank you. |
| Chopperclay, Comment for image # 10402 | 12 Nov 11 16:55 |
| Nice, Very Nice. that's exactly what I have in mind for covering mine. I just got the kit yesterday and have been looking for one that had a fuse sheeted. I'm enjoying all your planes and great job! |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 13829 | 03 Aug 11 10:32 |
| If you're not familiar with the larger Guillows kits, the "rivets" are made by using a pin to make the holes on the back side of the card stock. |
| jace314, Comment for image # 13829 | 03 Aug 11 10:15 |
| Awesome David, thanks so much for explaining. That I will do then. Not sure if I have any spaghetti boxes ready yet, but maybe for lunch today... |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 13829 | 03 Aug 11 08:39 |
| ...The instructions say to apply a coat of clear dope to the cardstock pieces before using them so I apply two coats and sand smooth with 320 wet/dry sandpaper. Likewise the silkspan is given a couple of coats of dope and sanded smooth. Once the pieces are glued securely onto the silkspan, another coat of dope is painted on. This will seal the junction where paper meets silkspan and I would paint on another coat of dope just to make sure. I don't use styrene for such things but I do use it in other applications and it sands quite easily. Whatever you use it still needs to be sealed in the same way before painting with colors. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 13829 | 02 Aug 11 21:02 |
| These are cardstock. Some hints after spaghetti... |
| David Duckett, Image # 21357 | 27 Feb 11 15:44 |
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| David Duckett, Image # 21356 | 27 Feb 11 15:43 |
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| David Duckett, Image # 21355 | 27 Feb 11 15:43 |
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| David Duckett, Image # 20826 | 28 Jan 11 18:09 |
The Corsair's prop is 9" compared to the Bearcat's 10" one. |
| BillParker, Comment for image # 20078 | 15 Nov 10 09:56 |
| The Goodyear F2G "Super" Corsair was a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the FG-1/F4U-1 Corsair design as a special low-altitude version of a fighter equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 twenty-eight cylinder, four row radial air-cooled engine. Although often cited that the origin of the aircraft was as an interceptor of low-flying Japanese suicide airplanes, its actual beginnings came about in 1939 when the Pratt and Whitney company first proposed its enormous new engine. Thus the F2G lineage was tied to its engine design rather than tactical requirements. Only three of the "Super Corsairs" are still in existence:
F2G-1 BuNo 88454, the first production aircraft, was acquired from the Marine Corps by the Champlin Fighter Museum, and later came to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, with the rest of the Champlin collection. The fifth F2G-1, BuNo 88458, was purchased by Cook Cleland, who went on to finish first in the 1947 Thompson Trophy Race and first in the 1949 Tinnerman Trophy Race. Over time, the plane, registered as NX5588N, went from owner to owner and slowly deteriorated. Finally, in 1996, NX5588N was purchased by Bob Odegaard of North Dakota, and was returned to airworthy condition in 1999. The aircraft is currently on loan to the Fargo Air Museum. Odegaard raced the plane in the Unlimited class at the Reno Air Races from 2006 to 2008 and it was featured in the movie Thunder Over Reno. Odegaard is currently restoring F2G-2 BuNo 88463, also of air racing fame, for a static display. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 20078 | 15 Nov 10 09:12 |
| I don't know but it's hot and your model is great. Enter the N# into your search engine, N5588N for info. |
| RTD89, Comment for image # 20078 | 15 Nov 10 09:02 |
| Are they still flying it? |
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