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Wednesday at 15:26

I have used Aerokote before but not added flatting agent to give a matt finish, the standard catalyst mix with Aerokote is 10%, i will be mixing 75ml of Aerokote but i will be adding 48ml of the flatting agent to get the matt finish, do you add catalyst at 10% to the total amount of the two or just the amount for the Aerokote itself? Anyone used the flatting agent to achieve matt can advise on which of these two amounts they used? I think re reading the Deluxe website description of the flatting agent it is added at 10% to the total of the two, i will be spraying it through a gun and thinning with 10% Cellulose thinners, again is it 10% for the total amount, thinners is not mentioned on the flatting agent........

June 3

On 28/05/2025 at 18:29, RICHARD WILLS said:

Don't tell him your name Pike !

Stupid Boy .....

He`ll catch a chill standing there without his scarf on..........

June 1

I would be up for a 109E, i already have your G kit in the queue, i may be tempted for a Spitfire as well, just got to count the pennies before i commit to both, what time scale would you be looking at Richard?

May 29

Love the Dornier, plan built presumably?

May 29

Shrek jumped into the cockpit of my 1/5th Pica/Platt Waco for our clubs Bipes &Tripes flying day. Who’s in your cockpit?

May 27

Classic cars and doing Trackdays with them.

May 27

This is a really nicely built DH 84 Dragon which has motors with contra rotating props to stop any swing on take off, working LED nose light and steerable tail wheel. The model is finished in a scale Chrisair scheme and has Turnigy motors with Plush 30 amp controllers and flies on a pair of 2200mah 3s lipo packs in parallel, all motor leads come with the model you simply plug the two packs into those. This model is of the Dragon which is an earlier version of the DH 84A Dragon Rapide which had the eliptical wings and this model is not to be confused with the much smaller Dumas Dragon Rapide model, this has been plan built to a very good standard. Outer wings unplug leaving the fuselage on it`s wheels with motors, model requires a pair of 2200 mah 3s lipos and your receiver, more pictures on request.
Pick up from Spalding in Lincs, no posting i`m afraid.

£225

May 26

You will enjoy flying this, they are great models sadly now no longer available, luckily i have one of their Spit kits to go with the 109 i built a few years ago, build thread is on here somewhere.

May 26

Both props turn in opposite directions to avoid the left hand torque swing on take off.

Posted May 23 · May 23

Posting this as a new model as i have just finished sorting it out, new matched ESC `s as the ones in it were different makes and amp ratings when i got it which meant they started at different throttle settings! Also the leads to join the two 2200 mah parallel packs needed re making, all done now, balanced, ready to fly, and i am now going to sell it! A couple on here (yes you Richard) know that my next winter build is going to be an Einkel HE111 and this will put some money in the bank to buy the motors, ESC`s and retracts for that project. This is a lovely model but it probably won`t get flown much by me so someone else will get to enjoy it, 59" span plan built DH84 Dragon with contra rotating props to stop swing on take off.

May 15

Less of the R word please, coming for all three days and hope to fly on all of them...........

May 7

Priory Models Silhouette airframe for sale 55" span, it has had a bit of use and a repair by the looks of it but still a good useable model, these fly superbly, i have had three over the years. My last one i converted to electric and it was my go to flyer on a 4s 3300mah lipo for 6 years, only sold as i have an unused kit in the box to put together. Suit a .40 to a .61 2 stroke or a 52 Four stroke or as mentioned above an easy electric conversion, i have several pictures of how to convert if anyone is interested, comes with the original instruction book and c of g is marked on the wing.

Collection from Spalding in Lincs.

£65

May 7

Many thanks for all the replies, very useful, my wife likes the look of the Renault 5 Piers so your friends thoughts on the car appreciated. We have a lot of research to do on this as i haven`t even sat in an EV before, my wife learnt to drive on a Renault Zoe and liked the whole EV experience compared with a petrol Mini that was also used before she passed her test.

May 6

27 minutes ago, Bryan Lea said:

I am paying £204 per month and that includes maintenance

Who was that through Bryan, can you pm me more details of the deal etc please.

May 6

My wife has been running an 09 Toyota Yaris for four years now and the semi auto MMT gearbox has started to play up, looking at the options of a replacement car the subject of leasing a new Electric car is proving an interesting option. We have a large bank of solar panels on our barn which would provide plenty of energy for charging, we certainly would not buy one at the moment due to the concern over battery life but leasing one is being considered. We would only be looking at a city type car as we have an older mpv petrol car which the models get thrown into and pulls a trailer when needed but the small car gets the main use around town and a few hour and a half journeys to visit relatives. Is anyone on here leasing a small electric vehicle and can offer advice and thoughts on their car?

May 5

Approaching Heathrow to pick my brother up at 2pm i saw a large 4 engined prop driven transport aircraft with refueling probe banking steeply and not far away two single engine WW2 fighters in formation, one was definitely a Spit, the other could have been a Hurri or another Spit, flypast over Northolt?

Posted May 2 · May 2

Didn`t his original modified one had fixed gear with the spats at first though?

May 2

Selling my Dennis Bryant Percival Gull 4, modeled on the example in a Belgian aircraft museum which has an interesting history. 72″ wingspan, model has a lot of cockpit detail including maps and even a copy of flight magazine which featured this plane on the cover in the 1930`s. Model is a nice flier and has plenty of power on a 6s lipo, it also is fitted with flaps. It will need your rx, rx battery and a 6s lipo, it was flown on 3700 or 3300 mah packs. Model was retro fitted with flaps and the covering in that area was never repainted just covered in silver covering so could do with some paint to match the rest of the wing. Plenty more pictures can be sent on request, pick up from Spalding in Lincs.

£225

Posted May 2 · May 2

7 hours ago, jrman said:

Martin,

I've got an Apache Super Chipmunk (with retracts and flaps) with an OS 200 FS. It flies superbly with plenty of power for nice big aerobatics and lands like a dream.

Just picked up an unrun SC180 Four stroke today, that should be man enough for the job, 200 sounds like a nice combo...........

Posted April 30 · April 30

Maidened today, got five fights in on it in the end, Goldberg Super Chipmunk with a 91 SC Four stroke, it only required a couple of clicks on the elevator trim. Purchased as a part refurbed airframe requiring a bit of finishing off, fuel proofing and kitting out. Very pleased with it, super smooth aero`s and a doddle to land, i have a larger Apache Super Chip to refurb and kit out, trying to decide what Four stroke glow motor to put in that one, anyone here fly an Apache or SLEC Super Chip with a Four stroke?

April 29

Lakeside Model Group had their first club Flying day of 2025, theme for this one was Scale models, we had a good turnout of around thirty people and were blessed with 25` sunny weather with a light breeze straight down the runway, i had nine flights, spread between my Flair DR1, a DVII, Cambrian BF109 and a Jodel D9. Some cracking models on display, unfortunately i didn`t take any pictures just video which i never have any success loading onto here. The next club day is at the end of May and the theme is Bipes & Tripes, i will make sure to grab some pictures to post

April 18

Blowing hard at the strip today, six of us turned up to help with club house maintenance but only two of us flew due to the wind, Richard flew his Flair Dara which has a 35fx 2 stroke in it which really cuts through the wind with it`s thin wing and i flew one of my SIG Wonders, the blue one which has a .15 in it. The USA one had it`s engine run and set up but needs the tail fins beefing up with some angled balsa to increase the glue contact area, very flimsy as is hopefully get that one flown this coming week, this one has a .12 in it.

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