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Classic Designs => Classic Planes => Topic started by: fred cesquim on January 17, 2025, 02:16:37 PM
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just finisehd this model for a friend of mine
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vintage Sterling kit 1950, engine Irvine 25, silkspan covering, lacquer paint, 840 grams.
the kit is a handfull with crunched balsa, warped parts and very dry , porly machined and aged balsa but turned out to look pretty after some sanding sessions and cosmetics
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Beautiful job Fred.. I still think this version looks like a plane that Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck would fly... All it needs is big fat white wheels. LL~ I have built and flown two.. D>K
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Beautiful job Fred.. I still think this version looks like a plane that Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck would fly... All it needs is big fat white wheels. LL~ I have built and flown two.. D>K
thank you Ty!
if you have told me before, o would have took another route on the finish LOL
agree with you, cartoonesque design!
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Beautifully done Fred, and it's perfect with the simple yet appropriate "period" paint scheme. y1
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Love it! It is a stunner!
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Love it! It is a stunner!
thanks Dave! letīs see what comes next...
regards
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Beautifully done Fred, and it's perfect with the simple yet appropriate "period" paint scheme. y1
thank you! that was the goal, to emulate an era, i even resisted the temptation to add ink lines
this kit predates myself in 23 years, i was born in 73. guess itīs looking better then me now ;D
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very nice!
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Beautiful job Fred. I have 2 of them. One Sterling and the other a large one for an LA .46. Both fly well. The original was built from the kit although I had to remake the ply parts. Monokote wing, Fox .35, 28 oz. Am hoping to fly it in the Ringmaster event at Brodak this year. Had to work with fuel and venturi size to get enough time for the pattern. TS
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That is a VERY nice job you did there. I hope it flies well. I just finished one myself from a kit given me by Doc Holliday. I didn't put quite as much effort into the finish as you did as I was eager to get on to other projects but it turned out well I think. To stay period correct I put a Johnson .35 up front. I hoped to reshuffle inside the fuselage enough to get more than three ounces of fuel in but realized to extend back at all puts you into the wing making it nearly impossible to achieve much. So I haven't flown it yet but don't expect more than about 5 minutes run time. The all up weight on mine is 28 ounces. I replaced a great deal of the petrified hard wood in the kit lest it would weight much more. In fact I think all I used of the original kit was the leading edge, spar and wing ribs. Mine will only see service on Ringmaster Day and perhaps to test run my handful of Johnson engines. It has always been the most interesting looking of the Rings to me. I also have an old Imperial kit Doc gave me long ago. It is pure oak but someday I may use it for patterns and build one. His actually flew a pretty decent pattern.
Dave
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Great job, nice looking Super Ringmaster.
It has been a very long time but I think my first "big" plane was the Super Ringmaster. Up until then, our group of kids flew only the usual 1/2A size. Fox 35 for power and it was not finished very well. But, it flew well, and I was amazed at how much better it was than the 1/2 A models we had been flying. Little did I know that flying performance could be improved with better planes than the Ringmaster.
In my lifetime, I have seen only two finished Imperial Ringmasters. Neither was that great, according to the guys who built them. After I built the Super Ringmaster, I saw one Imperial kit in a hobby shop. I was tempted but never bought it.
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Beautiful job Fred. I have 2 of them. One Sterling and the other a large one for an LA .46. Both fly well. The original was built from the kit although I had to remake the ply parts. Monokote wing, Fox .35, 28 oz. Am hoping to fly it in the Ringmaster event at Brodak this year. Had to work with fuel and venturi size to get enough time for the pattern. TS
Thank you! your bigger one should be a sight!
and i had to do the same with the plywood here, all delaminating badly.
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That is a VERY nice job you did there. I hope it flies well. I just finished one myself from a kit given me by Doc Holliday. I didn't put quite as much effort into the finish as you did as I was eager to get on to other projects but it turned out well I think. To stay period correct I put a Johnson .35 up front. I hoped to reshuffle inside the fuselage enough to get more than three ounces of fuel in but realized to extend back at all puts you into the wing making it nearly impossible to achieve much. So I haven't flown it yet but don't expect more than about 5 minutes run time. The all up weight on mine is 28 ounces. I replaced a great deal of the petrified hard wood in the kit lest it would weight much more. In fact I think all I used of the original kit was the leading edge, spar and wing ribs. Mine will only see service on Ringmaster Day and perhaps to test run my handful of Johnson engines. It has always been the most interesting looking of the Rings to me. I also have an old Imperial kit Doc gave me long ago. It is pure oak but someday I may use it for patterns and build one. His actually flew a pretty decent pattern.
Dave
thanks Dave! actually a period engine on this one iīve built would be better, but the owner had this one around and he intends to fly a lot, so a more dependable and friendly engine was chosen. Hope you have great time with yours!
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Great job, nice looking Super Ringmaster.
It has been a very long time but I think my first "big" plane was the Super Ringmaster. Up until then, our group of kids flew only the usual 1/2A size. Fox 35 for power and it was not finished very well. But, it flew well, and I was amazed at how much better it was than the 1/2 models we had been flying. Little did I know that flying performance could be improved with better planes than the Ringmaster.
In my lifetime, I have seen only two finished Imperial Ringmasters. Neither was that great, according to the guys who built them. After I built the Super Ringmaster, I saw one Imperial kit in a hobby shop. I was tempted but never bought it.
Thank you Jim! with this one and the next ( a twin ) iīll end my Ringmaster production ;D
actually bigger planes are better planes, although here in brazil they goes against that proven method.
I was similar to you on the feeling of a bigger plane making a better learning curve, even for advanced pattern, the bigger, the better.
never seen an imperial, seems not so popular or probably a little expensive when released...
regards from Brazil
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I saw an Imperial at a swap meet this weekend. It was bigger than a Nobler.
This one was a complete fixer-upper. Fortunately for me, somebody else bought it first.