John Laverick
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On the last leg, and all about how detailed I want to go? As I've said, it's gonna be silver, so I've been messing with silver foil, paint and stuff. What I can say. If any of you gents want to use silver, then go to the Range and get some wheel paint silver! Normally if you mask silver paint it leaves a mark from the masking tape and it's a pain in the arse!! This stuff is the doggsey's. Best find for ages, so manageable. I love it.
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Right then, I've decided to paint it silver, so black being the best base coat for silver? From my airfix days, it's the way forward. Tried to get a bit of a close up of the finish you can get with Poly -c, it's the dogs bollocks!! I hate iron on coverings!!
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Wheels up then!!! Only asked cos I'm building the Tony Niujhus zero and it needs do much lead up front, I thought perhaps someone could offer me a compromise? Loads of lead it is then!!! To be fair, I've just weighed it, and with all that lead it's coming in spot on suggested weight.
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Hi guys, I'm sure this has been done to death somwhere on a thread. However I'll ask here anyway. C of G on a warbird, wheels up or down? I always do it with wheels up. But am I right?
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Weight without nose lead 8 lb 11 oz, and another 12 ounces of lead to get it to balance!! Au weight 9 lbs 7 oz. Tony states 9 lb 5 oz with leeway for a couple of pounds overweight. So I reckon I'm pretty happy with that. I have a bit of wiggle room to put a bit larger capacity battery up front, which would be preferable to lead, however those batteries are still in the Hobby Shop and my pockets have been depleted!!!! Next is riveting on the wings and then painting
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Weight without nose lead 8 lb 11 oz, and another 12 ounces of lead to get it to balance!! Au weight 9 lbs 7 oz. Tony states 9 lb 5 oz with leeway for a couple of pounds overweight. So I reckon I'm pretty happy with that. I have a bit of wiggle room to put a bit larger capacity battery up front, which would be preferable to lead, however those batteries are still in the Hobby Shop and my pockets have been depleted!!!! Next is riveting on the wings and then paiinting.
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Ola Todos. Well a bit of progression on a couple of fronts. I've decided to Rivet the model as per the real un! Started tonight, The zero doesn't have proud rivets, so got me drill out and went to work. I don't think it looks too bad? The cowling has proud rivets, and I like the look of that also. I'm thinking of painting all silver!! I know near the end of the war, the Japenese needed their planes so bad that they didn't bother painting them, and they were sent out in their factory silver. On another front, after twenty years of building and flying models on my Jack Jones, I've joined a model flying club!!! I've built quite a few models which require a runway, and I'm no longer content spending 3 months building a plane, hanging in it up and then getting the Chucky out for weekend. Time to fly em!! I Joined Bury Metro Flying club yesterday and I'm looking forward to some good weather and meeting the guys up there! Bit of trepidation on my part cos I heard some model clubs are not so welcoming? But I've heard nothing but good about Bury. Wish me luck!
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Thanks Bob. I can see where you're coming from Cuban, but the selling point for me is that you don't have to get it on before it goes off. It's really just like painting emulsion and it covers really well, dry within minutes. Fill a container, paint on, leave for twenty mins then do another covering. No need to clean brushes in between, just leave them in the Poly c. It becomes addictive, every time I have a spare ten minutes I give it a covering, and best of all the finish just gets better and better with every coat you put on.
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Sorry I've just re-read your question, yes it's straight on after sanding down the sealant
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Yes I have Robert, I glass clothed my TN Vulcan with it. I also use it for joining wings and any other areas that need strengthening. Compared to resin it's a shince!! It sands really well and best of all, everything cleans with water.
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Request for assistance
John Laverick replied to maurice northcott's topic in General Electric Flight Chat
You might need some decent retracts on 20kgs Maurice??
