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Hawker Hurricane by John Timmis
John Timmis replied to John Timmis's topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
Hi all Here are my first attempts at litho bashing. I decided to experiment first of all with the tailplane fairing. I enjoy experimenting with new materials so this was quite interesting for me. There was lots of trial error cutting card templates, probably more error than trial actually. Anyway here are the results of the first attempt. Not quite 100% but not too bad for a first try . Still got lots to learn. Now need to make a matching pair. Danny, thanks for the photos, just the effect I would like to create. Two questions , if I can pick your brain again. What sort of glue do you use to stick down the litho ( por, canopy glue , spray mount?) . Does the Litho have any screening effect on the radio signal? Cheers John. -
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Hawker Hurricane by John Timmis
John Timmis replied to John Timmis's topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
Hi all Managed to get a bit more done. The fuselage & tail surfaces have bee covered in nylon. Everything feel very stron g & stiff now. One piece of nylon covered the top & sides as far forward as the windscreen, another piece for the lower fuselage plus a few smaller pieces for the rest. Today I've been tidying up the wing root junction withe the fuselage. Next job is to glass epoxy the wing. I quite fancy replicating the forward fuselage panels with litho.I've not tried this before but it doesn't look to difficult as there isn't much curvature in the panels. If anyone has done this before , tips would be appreciated. Cheers John -
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Hawker Hurricane by John Timmis
John Timmis replied to John Timmis's topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
Hi all Back again. Not very much has happened since last time. I decided to give myself a change of pace & started to build a thermal soarer that I could fly with my grandson. So the Huricane has been on the back burner for a while. Also a holiday, 2 family visits from the USA complete with grandchildren & a 3 week dose of food poisoning. Anyway, back on the job now. Last week I splashed out on a couple of 6s lipos. So a battery installation has been sorted, it looks as if it will work out ok. There is lots of room under the battery plate for ballast or perhaps a sound system? It had to be tried out . On a freshly charged lipo with a 15 /8 prop fitted the watt meter showed almost 1,1/2 Kw. That should get it up ok. Cheers John -
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Well done Nev. that looks fantastic. John
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Well done Nev. that looks fantastic. John
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Cracking result Martin. Well done
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Hawker Hurricane by John Timmis
John Timmis replied to John Timmis's topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
Hi all, Well at last the construction is finished & its ready for covering. This will be dope & nylon on the fuselage , glass & epoxy on the wings. I assembled it all for a photo session. I've been a bit self indulgent with the number of pictures but I hope you like it. Cheers John. -
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