Author Topic: Hot Pursuit 2 (Read 3231 times)

Joe Parisi · « **on:** March 04, 2012, 05:47:24 AM »

My new PA75 powered Hot Pursuit 2 is finally complete.

Finished weight is 61 oz. Basically the same Trivial Pursuit based design as the previous but this one has wing mounted gear and lost foam wing.

Wing & tail are removable, wing is one piece.

Paint is acrylic lacquer with 2 part acrylic urethane top coat.

Regards,
Joe Parisi

Grady Widener · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2012, 06:15:19 AM »

Impressive.

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2012, 06:37:23 AM »

WOW! That looks great, Joe. Love the weight & power too - looks like a big winner!

Allen Brickhaus · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2012, 06:55:13 AM »

Another fine model, great job Joe. Say hello to the family.

Allen Brickhaus

john e. holliday · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2012, 07:52:25 AM »

Hey, I like it.

Matt Colan · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2012, 08:16:21 AM »

Looks great Joe!! Should be a winner if it flies as well as the one you had in Muncie!

George Grossardt · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:53:53 PM »

What an awesome plane. I really like the paint scheme. Hope it flys as well as it looks.

Claudio Chacon · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:06:36 PM »

FANTASTIC job and a TERRIFIC paint scheme Joe. That shark mouth ROCKS!

At that final weight with a PA 75 in the nose, this one has GOT to be killer

What covering did you choose?

Congratulations

!
Claudio.

Bill Little · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:37:05 PM »

It looks awesome, Joe! Good luck with it in the F2B wars.

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:49:39 PM »

Joe :

Excellent execution, great lines - love the shark mouth. The colour scheme is very complimentary and works very well.
Wing mouted landing gear gives it a nice stance.

Underneath is exactly the same as the top.

I enjoyed watching this build come together, good luck at the Australian Nats in April.

Joe Parisi · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:55:02 AM »

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Claudio - the wing is covered with polyspan. The sheeted surfaces with 0.2oz carbon veil. The flaps & tailplane are sheeted foam core.

The stencils including the sharks mouth were all designed & cut out my hand, very time consuming but worth the effort.

The sharks mouth & eyes were copied from a poster of a real P40 Kittyhawk in the "flying tigers" squadron.

Joe

Larry Cunningham · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2012, 06:12:22 AM »

It's a lovely model, and clearly some excellent engineering to make it all take apart and keep the weight down. I'd love to see details of your design and construction on that aspect.

It may be too pretty to be flown? ;->

Great work, it's an inspiration.

L.

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest." -Ghandi

Gene O'Keefe · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2012, 07:52:37 AM »

Very SWEET !!!!

Derek Barry · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:45:45 AM »

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks great Joe!!!!

Derek

Doug Moon · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:01:47 AM »

Joe,

That looks great! I am sure it will fly great!! Getting it that light is an awesome feat as well! Way to go!!

Luiz Dutra · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:42:35 AM »

Wow
Fantastic Job! Very nice looking plane! Congratulations, Luiz Dutra.

Randy Powell · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2012, 11:10:07 AM »

Looks really great, Joe. Clearly you've been looking at too many Phil Granderson planes.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2012, 02:40:01 PM »

Awesome looking model no doubt. Great job on the graphic/design layout too, very tasteful and complimentary to the airplane. Did you paint the mouth or is it some sort of decal?

SteveMoon · « **Reply #18 on:** March 06, 2012, 07:57:07 AM »

That looks great Joe, love the paint scheme.

Steve

john e. holliday · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2012, 05:43:35 AM »

Quote from: wwwarbird on March 05, 2012, 02:40:01 PM

Awesome looking model no doubt. Great job on the graphic/design layout too, very tasteful and complimentary to the airplane. Did you paint the mouth or is it some sort of decal?

Read replly #10. Without laser cutting or vinyl cutting machines, I would say that is quite an accomplishment on his part. Did I say I love the model?

Author Topic: Hot Pursuit 2 (Read 3231 times)

Grady Widener