Will put this here so you can jump all over me . Refinished the swine once with that Sig Stuff B. Wewge says Falls apart , as does B. Hunt , in their inteviews with Sparky . ( somethings stealing the Odd LETTER here . )

SO , theres a bit of work to do . Rub the entire thing back , recover and refinish . LIGHT . With Paint , Silver & Blue . But WHAT silver & Blue. Anyone Tried U Pol Paint ( German Spray cans )

Santa had a word with the neigbour at christmass , and he threw his air compressor at me , actually He Put HIS compessor on His Mothers front lawn . You know what theyre like about sheds . THROW that AWAY . They Say .
So I Caught It . Already Have the Spray Gun ( Automotive ) and a mangey little air brush & Humbrol Spay thing . So , its just the tecnicalities . Here in Aus. about the Only Dope you can get is Pheonix Paints .

Would I be Best just to get ' Tint ' or Pigmint fitted to that clear so alls a match , from the wood up . Finally I will have to seal it with something . Also Coming towards winter here now , so low Humidity & Warm Temperatures'll be infrequent . Unless I get out of those mountains .







this one was pulled out of storage due to an ' error ' by a shipping agent . Tank finally stopped producing rust dosed fuel after the last flight . But was Bound with tissue & aryldite as the tin plate had rotted out  .
Wasnt Consistant in any respect , in the air , Normally with a clogged filter . Hauled it out anmd threw it up a few weekends ago . Gotta Getta Decent intake ( Case Hole Spraybar ) in the G -51 .
after setting it up for the Irvine . Dosnt Matter , Itll take Eather Er Either , But the Air Duct to the Exhaustsll have to get some Header Paint or similar if the Exhausts going out the ( scale ) exhausts .

Owiginlly in th pitchers twas Butwate , so com of heasy , The Knewf inish is that tolulene cwap , wots all gotta get gone now , theen Hi kan Git som Nitwate from upper de wode hear , to we doo hit.

Thems Spay cans cnow theys wants 16 dollars each for . I preferded it when they was thrippance .

Will Do , Mahn . The thinkings going more ' coloured tissue ' again . Reading ' things ' it wasnt originally ( the Full Size ) the deep metalic blue , but perhaps pre war R.A.F. ' roundel Blue '. Maybe .
Ive got some pommy tissue that seems good . Unsure of my silkspan even on Bare Wood now , though I used it on the Mewgull so I wouldnt use up the British Stuff .

Just fouynd these two pictures ( looking for ones of the Spitfire ) of the S6 when it was first done . Used 5/32 Landing Gear wire in this . Seems Adequate ( 1/8 is to flexi ) . FINALLY got the Leg Fairings fitted .
Using the width of the bound wire for the wood thickness - Fore & aft , grooved for leg wire & cut to clear the binding - Epoxied on . Found the join at mid distance or lower is safer than soldering the balsa wing
or getting heat & acid on it . A damp Rag or heatsink & positioning so the heaat ( legs ) horizontal , AND Pre Tinning the Legs before Fitting to the structure keep it less messy . Was Originally Sig Butrate .
The Wing stopped twisating after a few years . Id have to sit it on 4x4s twisted with weights & planks , way past straight . A hour after release at the field it'd hold straight for a  few flights , Evening it'd be back
warped . So imagine picking it up one day and sighting it - and its sitting straight .

Tailplane clean up'll be the trickiest . Will Read up on the Two Pot . Getting miffed with disintegrating finishes - years back . They last a bit longer than combat wings did . Polyurethane by brush on those , in the 70s .





That was with Grey Tissue (maybe Peck Polymer - over white tissue on the wings ) If the covering goes on o.k. I guess Silver Paint would look more like Aluminum .

Before the contretempts ,



might correct the windshield fairing into a air intake at the rear of the engine cylinder fairings , to get the line through there right .Thus :



But What Use is a intake at the L.E. 

Incidently the Griffons based on the ' R ' & runs the same bore & stroke .

I was expecting the engine would run the other direction. Most all the British, German and Russian single engine stuff did.    Steve

Will this fly off grass, or do you have wheels in the pontoons?   It's looking better.

w t h . fairing replaced over stab , the ' intake ' replaced , bit of f/glass on nose'll need sanding . still dithering on empenage edgings . better find a rudder .

The odd bit of gook , & lumber wrapped around the broom handle .
No Need for a Bath , was bucketing down. Ten minutes outside & it was soaked through .

theres another photo , of the lawn, as the camera 'went off ' , but I might leave that out .