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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: Tim Stagg on March 28, 2014, 02:35:08 PM
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Guys, this hopefully will be my new 2014 PA ship. I have had a few test/trim flights and things look promising, but time will tell. I went the extra mile with full rivet and interior detail. Hopefully it's flying qualities will be worth it.
Plane is my version of the F86D build with a pathfinder wing and tail. everything else is mine.
Power: eflite 25, Ice lite 50, Hubin Timer, 3300 4S
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thats pretty awesome Tim, hope it flies as sharp as it looks
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All I can say is WOW!!! y1
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Tim,
Outstanding!
Nice detail. Sure wish the photos were larger.
I look at your paint work and I see confidence. A really good thing. H^^
Any secrets you can give up? Rivets?
Charles
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Man!! Is that cool. Always loved the look of a F86, yours captures the look.
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rivets are the easiest part. RC 56 canopy glue y1
Just put a puddle on a piece of cardboard or what ever, take a toothpick and dab into glue and then dab on the plane. Try it on a scrap piece of anything, you will get the hang of it pretty quick. I usually draw a line to follow and then just set a scale or ruler beside the line to dab every 1/4 or 1/8 of an inch.
Goes really fast once you figure out where to put the lines. The airbrush shadowing make the panel lines, no need for ink lines the shadowing does it for you.
Thanks guys.
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That is a lot of work and I see you enjoy doing it. Hope it flies as well as it looks in the pictures. Bet it looks even better in person.
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Thanks Doc and Bob,
We will see how it flies, it is actually lighter than my profile version so I have high hopes
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Wow!! That is awesome Tim! Hope it flies as wonderful as it looks!
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Tim
Cant wait to see it at Brodaks!
Very Kewl!
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That's the nicest silver finish I've ever seen.
MM
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Looks awesome Tim!!! Can't wait to see it at Brodak's!
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Tim,
Are you worried about motor cooling? LL~ LL~ LL~
Charles
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Very, very well done Tim, beautiful model! y1
What is it finished with?
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Beautiful plane. I love all of the details sand hope to see it at Brodaks.
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Fuse is finished with .5 oz fiberglass and west system, wings are SLC with Polyspan over top, tail is all silkspan. Color is all Brodak dope with 2 part urethane
clear overtop. I like the toughness and ease of application of Polyspan, but I really dont like how much dope it takes to finish. I should have applied a few more coats of silver to completely cover the weave in the wings but I did not want to weight so I went for the weathered aluminium look........worked half way n~
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Tim,,
I have to ask, where did you come up with the unit markings you used?
My dad worked on F-86 D models at Geiger field near Spokane,,
the markings I recall are VERY similar to what you used, especially the aft fuse markings
My dad painted a lot of the pilots helmets, and the aircraft while stationed there,,
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Mark,
I mashed several schemes together to come up with the design. Most all of the designs came from the web' "typing images for F86D", I combined what I liked, may have changed colors etc to arrive at what you see. The dog or wolf or whatever came from a model I found on the web.
So the long answer to a short questions, I made up a lot of them <=
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Man, that is cool as the other side of the pillow 8)
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Mark,
I mashed several schemes together to come up with the design. Most all of the designs came from the web' "typing images for F86D", I combined what I liked, may have changed colors etc to arrive at what you see. The dog or wolf or whatever came from a model I found on the web.
So the long answer to a short questions, I made up a lot of them <=
that splains the puzzling looks I gave myself,, I didnt remember the rest of the markings,, but that one on the backbone was hardcore the same,,
today is my dads birthday,, so it kind of struck a chord,, We dont get to talk about planes anymore, I miss it something fierce,, he would have been proud to see even part of it portrayed,
he was elated when he found a decal set for 1/48 scale plastic models of his paint scheme,, my brother and I each built one for him,,
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Mark,
I totally understand, I think much of what I do these days in modeling brings back a fond memory.......or is to relive a time that I wish was still here.
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Mark,
I totally understand, I think much of what I do these days in modeling brings back a fond memory.......or is to relive a time that I wish was still here.
Ditto. y1
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That plane is Awesome! Great work Tim.
Derek
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Looks awesome!
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Thanks Derek and Sparky
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Hi Jason,
Lighter than the profile, even?
So it'll look and fly great!
enjoy,
Dean P.
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Whoah! That thing looks awesome Tim!!!
Great work on a bare metal finish!
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Knowing how hard a good silver finish is, you have my two thumbs up!
Great job and I like your mixed bag of squadrons, it works.
BW@
EricV
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Thanks Eric
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Makes my silver panel work look average.
Well done, I've often considered going proper panel lines with little dots !
Did you measure them as you applied them ?
Well done - I know how hard that is to get looking right !!!
(http://i59.tinypic.com/ivwx94.jpg)
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PJ,
The most time was spent drawing with light pencil the lines where the dots would be placed. Once that is done, I just took a strip of 1/4 graph paper and laid it along line and started placing glue dots at every tick, that part goes really quickly. after a few lines you can eye the spacing.....no one will every know y1
Thanks for the compliment