Shooting Star

Hello boys - thought you might like to see the Spitfire now that she is finished. I love it and think it looks great even if it is only ARTF . Sticky bun man did help a bit with the build Today we sorted out a very bad vibration problem when the throttle was on high - turns out that the brand new spinner and folding propellor that we used was poor, the propellor blades were just not fitting correctly in the holder. We changed it for an old one off Tim's Alienator, and now its running much sweeter. Then we fitted all the control surfaces and pinned the hinges with cocktail sticks - he says that it is much safer than trusting to just a little bit of superglue. We are still waiting for a proper sized pilot, but I might try to carve one out of foam myself and paint him....or maybe her We connected all the clevis' and set the radio up to give the right movements, then decided to add a little bit of extra protection to the bottom - its pretty rough landing up the Orme sometimes, and I would hate to tear the covering or something . We put strong clear thick plastic all along the front of the wing, and around the tips. Also put some fibreglass sticky tape on the bottom of the fuselage from the front right down  to the tail. Then we used some nylon material and fibreglass resin mixture on the middle bottom section of the wing.Lastly, we printed some waterslide stickers of the Welsh dragon instead of the Canadian maple emblem or whatever it was.  I am looking forward ( nervously) to flying her up at the Orme as soon as the weather gets a bit better. I am off to sleep now, if the bun man stops snoring Edited By Shooting Star on 21/11/2009 01:01:54

Good morning boys! Your kind comments and encouragement are much appreciated - thank you one and all.Credit to my instructor for his patience...I wondered where all the sticky buns went - that  was him in the kitchen after all!  Looking forward to flying a 'proper' model - trouble is there are so many - I like them all! The Spitfire, The Hawk, The Shooting Star, B-52, The F 18, The Aermacchi, The Vulcan - they are all so hmmmm, oh yes there's the...oh, and....and the....you get the picture!! Oh well I will have to make do with the WT for now, and a gentle soar with my nice new EPP Eagle - er - Buzzard where I am!  I did take the sticks at the power site and had a go at flying the Spitfire, also had a go at the Hawk on the slopes..hands are still shaking...