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Rick Bollinger:
With all the activity lately about the Firebaby I wanted to try one. The wings are made from 1/16 balsa. Clear doped then covered with a decal I was able to make from a scan from the original wing. All the aluminum parts were copied from the kit. The tan colored part at the top is a mold for the canopy. Dug out a old Baby Spitfire cleaned it up and it seems to run good. I plan on running it on a balloon like the original. There are a lot of firsts here for me so this has been a lot of fun.

afml:
AWESOME job Rick! y1

Keep us posted on the progress!
"Tight Lines!" H^^

Wes

P.S.: So like.....
You just scanned the original wing to make a decal??
How did you keep the wing from rolling & warping from the decal application??
Gonna do the same with the stab?
Thanks for the pics!

Rick Bollinger:
Wes, I wet the wing put in a "airfoil" shape. Then wet the center to put in the dihedral. When all was dry I used tightening butrate on the bottom and non tightening on top. The decal is a self adhesive clear full sheet mailing label. Then I used clear lusterkote to seal it up. Rick

john vlna:
Rick,
really nice, just like the original almost. may have to try one myself, I have a baby spitfire.

fred krueger:
Rick,

I have one thing to say......WOW!!  You had more patience with the wing than I did.

Fred

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