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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Scott Richlen on October 26, 2020, 08:00:55 PM
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So, one of the victims of this year's World-Wide-Ringmaster-A-Thon was my saber-dancing SuperRingmaster. Sorta destroyed it. But I saved the wing.
Problem is I didn't have the Sterling Super Ringmaster plans. And if I did, they wouldn't help much since they don't show the parts. I only needed to build a new fuselage so just needed some templates.
Wes Eakin to the rescue! Got the tracings in the mail yesterday and got them cut out tonight (what else was I going to do? No series game tonight...) He did the tracings on cardboard so they'll work perfectly for templates.
Now I have to dig through my balsa stash to find some appropriately crappy balsa for an appropriately crappy airplane. I should be back saber-dancing with her next spring!
Thanks Wes!!
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What happened to the "Gold-Fish Plane"? Can we get some pics? mw~
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What happened to the "Gold-Fish Plane"?
It got swallowed by some Frat-boy.... ;D
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Here you go John - just cause you asked...
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And a couple more....
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And it had a muffler..
I made a balsa model of it and Mark S. made the real thing! He's an artist in metal!
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Does it actually fly? S?P
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[quoteDoes it actually fly? ][/quote]
I flew it a bunch of times. Of course, you didn't show up at the flying field, so you didn't see them. n1
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I wanted to be there with my shovel to bury the remains, did not make it. HB~>
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I wanted to be there with my shovel to bury the remains, did not make it.
You don't have the proper shovel for doing that anyway. You need a grain shovel to properly scoop up the pieces. You can't bury remains at our flying site. No digging without an Environmental Impact Statement.
If you went out and bought a grain shovel you could use it for scooping up your Impact after it makes impact...
Ooops! Too late! ;D
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Okay, I got the fuselage parts all cut out....
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But then I got sidetracked. For Christmas I decided to build little wooden cars for my niece and nephews (6 in all).
So, I got some clear pine and started cutting. Had some wood leftover and figured "oh well". so now I am working on 8 little wooden cars.
Unfortunately my time line is bad (that means I assumed I'd get more done in the allotted time than I had) so the bad news is that they will arrive a little late. I guess the good news is that they will arrive just about the time the kids get tired of the stuff they got for Christmas.
Here are some progress pictures.
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Here I've included a picture of the one I built a couple of years ago for my grandson.
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Offy powered?? Too neat.
Actually, they'll be Grand-niece or Grand-nephew powered! ;D
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Here I've included a picture of the one I built a couple of years ago for my grandson.
Really cute! Good job! Attaboy! H^^ Steve
PS: It looks a lot like the Pinewood Derby car I made (for myself, from the BSA kit) while my son hammered one together for himself. Mine has an aluminum grill, dashboard, 3 spoked, rubber rimmed steering wheel and is pretty reminiscent of the LM Cox sprint car that shares shop space with it.
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It is almost ready to cover (the wings with ultracoat.) I have the fillets on the head-rest, rudder, and stab all done except for final sanding of the filler-coat. I may leave the body in silver as the ultracoat is a gawd-awful yellow. So will sorta look pre-war.
Notice that I am doing an open cockpit as opposed to the typical Super-Ringmaster canopy. Figure 8 threaded hinges.
The old Fox 35 will go back in it. It was perfect for saber-dancing!
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Awesome job Scott! y1
Can't wait to see the finished product in action!
STAY SAFE & "Tight Lines!" H^^
Wes