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Offline Clint Ormosen

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JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« on: February 01, 2008, 07:14:09 PM »
It's been primered since these were taken. Should be ready for color in a few days.

VSC bound!!
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2008, 09:36:54 PM »
Looks good, Clint. I see you sanded till your fingers bled. I know the feeling.

Have you decided on a paint scheme yet?
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2008, 10:29:59 PM »
Go Clint GO!!!

(and keep the pix coming!)
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2008, 01:33:45 AM »
Nice job Clint,
I'm so jealous! I was just out perusing my Umland kit tonight!
Chris...
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2008, 02:54:03 AM »
Quote from: Randy Powell on February 01, 2008, 09:36:54 PM
Looks good, Clint. I see you sanded till your fingers bled. I know the feeling.

Have you decided on a paint scheme yet?

Thanks Randy. Done plenty of sanding, thats for sure. I notice I didn't get much of the dust off before shooting these pics either.
 I'm having a problem with one spot in particular. Look at the inboard wing (middle picture) about 1" away from the flap near the fuse. See that really light strip? for some reason the balsa decided to bubble there a little after I put the paper and a few coats of nitrate dope on. I've been trying like heck to sand that out, and that area will probably need spot primed a few times to hide it. Frustrating that it had to happen on the top side.
 Look for a lot of checkerboards in the paint scheme.

And Chris, stop perusing and start building it. It goes together real nice!
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2008, 04:43:26 AM »
Looks good Clint. you really crank 'em out. We had one of these that flew for a short while at the field we used back in 1971. (see amazing stories "Mustang")  Flew very well. fun to watch as a kid. Of coarse we didn't have the caliber of fliers then we have now. but was impressive! post pictures when finished!
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2008, 07:14:51 PM »
Looks great Clint - especially as the weather  ''  has not been real condusive to painting these last few weeks. 
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2008, 11:57:31 PM »
Clint,

I'll tell you a trick for those areas. You can use CA to run in there. It will wick right in. Go easy (don't flood it). Just run a little in on the areas that are giving you problems. About 90% of the time, this will tack it down solidly and you can sand it out with a block. Works pretty well on surfaces that have solid balsa backing them.
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2008, 12:38:45 PM »
Looks GREAT Clint. Really Great!
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2008, 07:01:08 PM »
Quote from: Randy Powell on February 02, 2008, 11:57:31 PM
Clint,

I'll tell you a trick for those areas. You can use CA to run in there. It will wick right in. Go easy (don't flood it). Just run a little in on the areas that are giving you problems. About 90% of the time, this will tack it down solidly and you can sand it out with a block. Works pretty well on surfaces that have solid balsa backing them.

If I remember correctly, this is a foam core wing, so it would be best to use foam friendly CA!  mw~ Steve
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2008, 10:59:41 PM »
The Chipmunk after one coat of primer sanded off weighs 29 oz. About how much weight can I expect to pick up from the color and clear coats? Any guesses?
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2008, 07:10:13 AM »
Look at 8 oz. +- to finish up, Clint.  It will depend on the type and quantity of clear you use to a great degree.
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2008, 05:27:02 PM »
Really? 8 more ounces? That means we're looking at about a 50+ ounce model ready to fly. That's getting kinda heavy. Build article recommends about 45-47 ounces.
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2008, 09:53:07 AM »
3-5 oz. is not a tremendous amount when you take into account everything.  Even using certain types of glue can add up to *ounces* difference in a finished model.

Color and clear (especially white dope since it is the heaviest and takes the most to cover) adds up............

Hopefully you can come in under that weight.
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Re: JVL Chipmunk ready for paint!
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2008, 08:37:46 PM »
After sanding off primer coat #2 the model weighed in at 28.7 oz. Actually lighter than after the first sand off. Weird huh? There are a few spots that will need spot priming now, but it's close. I cant wait to use the vinyl masks that Jim Snelson at CLC sent me.
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