Latest from the Chipmunk Works...
Last year Brodak was having a fire sale on die-cut kits and had Oriental Profiles for $60.00USD. What the heck, I ordered one thinking it would be a fun weekend beater. They sent me the laser cut full fuse version instead. I called them and they said just keep it if I wanted.
Changed to a Big Jim nose with removable tank and replaced the wussy stock 1/4" flaps with 3/8 C-grain", but other than that it's right off the plans.
We're locked up in winter mode and mama says no more dope inside until the weather clears. I already have two ships to paint as soon as the weather breaks so rather than having it sit around uncovered and unfinished I went Ultracoat. I'm not disappointed with the Ultracoat. Vastly superior to modern MonoKote.
Need to have vinyl AMA numbers cut for it and a night or two of details, but she's basically ready to go. Canopy's not glued on and I may add more cockpit detail.
For reasons I can't explain, this one came out a featherweight. Wood was good but not great, but it still came out really light. Should be OK as long as the wind doesn't blow too hard. OS .35S for power.
This ship was a fun diversion from modern designs. Kit goes together easily. Decent hardware - adequate for something in this class. The only minus was that the supplied leadout cable was too short.
Chuck