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| David Duckett, Comment for image # 19051 | 26 Aug 10 14:31 |
| Cool! ;-) |
| marlinus64, Image # 19051 | 26 Aug 10 14:02 |
Mr. Duckett, this isn't Arizona desert, but it's how my "wildlife" likes to cool down from the heat. |
| marlinus64, Comment for image # 18845 | 10 Aug 10 15:50 |
| yep. That was me about 28 years ago. I was 18. The picture is of me right out of basic training. My boys made this poster for a school project. That's why it says Sgt. Back as that was my final rank when I got out. The unit armorer conned me into thinking that humping an M60 machine gun would be cool. Those suckers weigh 28 pounds and we were stationed in Ft. Polk Louisiana...hot sweaty stuff. We were near the 23rd tactical air wing in Alexandra. I was a Vulcan canon and FAAR radar technician. That was a loooong time ago. I was almost as bald in that picture as I am now :) |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 18845 | 10 Aug 10 14:47 |
| Is that you and Army memorabilia? You look so young. |
| marlinus64, Image # 18845 | 10 Aug 10 14:19 |
Another shot of the P51 frozen in flight |
| marlinus64, Image # 18843 | 10 Aug 10 14:16 |
While waiting for the glue to cure on my piper I decided to give the stang a permanent home. |
| marlinus64, Image # 18779 | 04 Aug 10 12:59 |
My "Foamie" Blue Mustang |
| marlinus64, Comment for image # 18679 | 02 Aug 10 00:11 |
| I had my first OOS flight yeaterday. I put a battery pack from one of my electric rc planes in an old Outlaw Firedbird trainer that has twin eletric motorized props. I had ripped out the speed and direction controllers due them being fried, so it had become a free flight only model. The first flight was a minute or so and it flew in a nice lazy cirle with a max height of a hindred feet or so. I got frisky and popped in a more powerful battery and tweake the trim. I tossed it in the air and away it went. My brother and I giggled like kids as we watched it climb in a big slow spiral. problem was it kept climbing and drifting off to the west. We live in Indiana and we were in a 20 acre field next to a massive forest belonging to the National guard. The plane eventually disappeared off to the west and out of sight after 10 minutes or so. I figured it was gone but the plane was basically free and the battery only 7 or 8 bucks, so I wasn't too upset. My brother suggested we drive in the general direction of where we last saw it, I said ok but had no real belief we would find it. We drove about 2 miles west and my brother, on a whim, said why not turn down this road by an old church. We did and another mile or so down the road he suddenly shouted "THERE it is!!!" Sure enough, sitting pretty as you please was the plane. It was about 5 feet from the side of a house. I grbbed the plane and laughing like hyenas at the wonder of it we headed home. Not only did we find the plane it was unscathed. It had missed the house, a huge oak tree and a swimming pool all within ten feet of where it landed. Besides that it was in area surrounded by trees and overgrown fields. The chances of us driving straight to it and seeing it were staggering. A great story to share with the grandkids some day and a fun finish to my weekend. |
| marlinus64, Comment for image # 18679 | 22 Jul 10 13:58 |
| I thought so too. I had never seen a blue mustang before. I also bought the Blue Lou IV "foamie" 2 channel rc plane as well. I can post a picture of it too. The Hyperion was kind of expensive, but the foamie version only cost 50 dollars with radio and shipping! The Hyperion flys really well and really is a pretty plane even up close. I would love to see the real thing it must have been a sight to behold. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 18679 | 22 Jul 10 13:31 |
| That's pretty! |
| marlinus64, Image # 18679 | 22 Jul 10 13:26 |
The Blue Lou IV mustang...obviously not my actual plane |
| marlinus64, Image # 18488 | 01 Jul 10 14:07 |
almost glued down the canopy before I noticed it was off center! |
| marlinus64, Image # 18487 | 01 Jul 10 14:04 |
a little more work on the canopy and wrinkles |
| marlinus64, Comment for image # 18456 | 30 Jun 10 02:16 |
| I will attempt to pull out a few more wrinkles, finish and attach the canopy, fix the decals and do some detailing on the paint and markings. Then I believe I will move on to a Guillows High wing like a Cessna or Piper cub. This is turning out to be addictive! I only wish I had started 20 years ago :)
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| stirling, Comment for image # 18452 | 30 Jun 10 00:48 |
| From small beginning's can come miracles. Well done. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 18452 | 29 Jun 10 17:27 |
| Nice start! |
| CPN, Comment for image # 18452 | 29 Jun 10 17:00 |
| This looks great - fantastic subject. The kits in this series usually fly pretty well. You will be amazed at how much your skills improve from one model to the next. Keep it up. |
| Roring40, Comment for image # 18452 | 29 Jun 10 16:53 |
| I'd say you turned out an excellent model on your first attempt. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 18452 | 29 Jun 10 16:47 |
| Looks very neat. Well done! |
| marlinus64, Comment for image # 18452 | 29 Jun 10 16:26 |
| I have to say for my first experience building a balsa kit things went ok. I was a little disappointed with the decals. they look great but simply did not want to stick. |
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