Chris Armstrong

Being furloughed is the kick up the proverbial to get all those 1/2 done projects completed. The only problem is they have to compete with the work on the house/car/garden. I was tempted to start a new project just for the furlough period but I need a new project embargo as it was getting a bit silly!

Sussex Model Centre is now my go to shop after the big one in Bognor shut 7-8 years ago. Bognor was a 8 mile round trip. The Sussex Model Centre is a 42 mile round trip. In my youth growing up in Wiltshire in the 70's/80's we had a model shop about 1/2 mile from the house. Spoilt or what!

Hello, I thought I would stick up some photos of my build of the Tony Nijhuis design F4 Corsair. This was a free plan back in 2006. It takes me that long to get around to things these days. I started it a year or so ago but am making good progress with it as a furlough project between the inevitable house improvements. Power is the light power option on the plans. I chose this as I have only flown powered trainers before. Most of my RC flying is slope soaring. I may upgrade later. It's a bit of an after the event blog, but I still have lots of time consuming items to do like installing the servos & control linkages + finalising the painting. I intend to do it in Fleet Air Arm camouflage colours (Olive Drab & Medium Sea Gray). This is the first model I have done using 3d printed parts. I still need to tweak the design of the canopy. The engine mount and cowling are in PETG for strength & ease of printing, though I may reprint using ABS as it is 20% lighter.

I used to fly my old Hobbyzone Mini Cub in most weathers except rain. I removed the undercarriage to make landing easier. As said by others, being a foamie helped, though I didn't have too many prangs. Speed was a bit of an issue. There was a limit of about 20 knots where it didn't really go forward anymore. The only problem was that when we got a calm day, my flying got worse as I was used to flying with some sort of wind bias. Maybe it's because I started out many years ago flying slope soarers.

I'm getting better at this. I think I'm a bit more patient these days.

I started building kits, then from plans. I remember artf coming out when I was a sprog in the eighties and thinking they weren't "proper" models. Now I have three children and a full time job my views are slightly different!