Scott Douglas 1

Cheers for that!

Guys Where's the best place to get the Festo air gauges for retract/brake systems? I need a couple for my F16. Ta Scott

Guess what.. I still don't have the damned model.. takes apparently 4 months to decide they cant do a paint scheme (even though Uncle Bobs customers get theirs in 3 weeks ). Supposed to ship now on 08th Feb.. We'll see... Still, the rest of the gear is here.. 2x Futaba 7003 Rx's through a Powerbox Cockpit SRS, Powerbox IGyro SRS with JR8911's for the elevators, 8511's for the ailerons and 8411's for the rudder/steering... I know I thought Futaba servos but a friend had an issue with a couple recently in a heli and it put me off completely.

Is there a supplier in the UK for these? All-Scale now only supply a limited amount through DreamWorks & not what I need, looking for 1/6th F16 MFD's and HUD. Ta Scott

Got one of these one the way, thanks to all for answering! Posted by david fillingham 1 on 06/11/2014 12:23:46: I have been using one of these for a couple of years and it is excellent: **LINK** It comes with a lot of useful accessories. The flexible drive is very useful for getting in tight places. The chuck is worth buying as it make tool changes a lot easier then trying to find the right collet. I bought the drill press, but this is not brilliant. I use it a lot, but the drill is not held firmly in place and it can wander, so not great for precision drilling. I am looking at buying a proper press drill for accurate work. The 3000 series also looks good and is a bit cheaper. There are a lot of cheaper items around which will probably do a good job, hopefully the Dremel will payback in the long run with quality and the wide range of accessories that you can get. good luck dave

You mean you can get 'em without??? Posted by Andy48 on 06/11/2014 15:48:29: My Dremel cordless are brilliant, with Lipo batteries they last for ages. I have proper chucks fitted to both. The most useful aspect is the speed controller on each. I rarely use them on full speed. Old school or not I cannot understand why anyone would not consider cordless. Do you still have a corded phone? Bet your transmitter is cordless too.

Thanks David & Roger, I think I know where I'm going now

Thanks Roger, I'm kind of "old school".. don't like cordless stuff and charging batteries, just want to switch it on and get on with it! I think Dremel is the way to go though, got an old jigsaw that's at least 15 years old and works like a dream.

Posted by roger graves on 06/11/2014 11:41:45: Bite the bullet, spend the money and get a Dremel cordless with chuck you won't regret it. That's what I was thinking but I'd prefer not a cordless one. Whats the best they do? Sorry, poor internet at work!

After many years of faithful service my poor wee Minicraft drill's finally starting to die. Just wondering what you guys use these days. I could probably get another one on eBay somewhere but is there something better? Thanks, Scott

Yup, perfect. I spray in my garage anyway (one corner's a spray booth) so it isn't so much of an issue but that confirms this is a quality item.

David, I cant fire it up till Xmas, I'll let you know!

After some careful consideration and a few e-mails I went with one of these.. **LINK** It arrived this afternoon ( an early xmas present from my wife )... she doesn't know about the impending JL/BVM F16 (AND DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW YET!!) I was allowed a quick look as I know more about them than she admits to and it looks to be excellent quality. Now I need a course (youtube or otherwise) on how to maximise what I can do with it!! The thought of screwing up £5K's worth of jet isn't appealing!!. I have an old BVM D/F F16 that needs a respray that I intend to practice on..any hints/tips/links gratefully appreciated!

Thanks! Posted by Frank Skilbeck on 20/10/2014 08:16:58: Scott, I have a screwfix compressor with normal spray gun for spraying complete airframes and then use airbrushes for the smaller areas (I would say detail but that glosses my abilities too much ). You wouldn't want to use an airbrush for painting the whole airframe, unless it is small scale. Downside with the screwfix compressor is it's noisy, but when airbrushing the compressor hardly ever kicks in.

Just saw this thread as I'm in the market for one too. I need something that'll spray either an entire airframe or fine weathering detail. How is the availability of spares?