Ernie

BRAVO

BONNE CHANCE how's that Paul? ernie

What was it that the old joiner said? ernie

looks just fine to me Ron, trendies pay huge amounts for battered up clothes. Saw a lass just yesterday with her knee sticking through her levis ernie

bon chance (it means good luck mods) ernie

Hi All, A wee word for Callie Graphics. No, a very big word. Fantastic I needed a very small amount of graphics, but a bit special. Nothing was too much trouble for her (is she a she?) Fast replies to my emails, and the results are superb. and the cost was so little that I was embarassed to pay her, and me from Aberdeen ernie

Hi Nigel, Seems pretty straightforward. Buy a decent pair of wheels, some real piano wire, a couple of springs, and make one. Avoid chinesium, look at the mess they made of the great wall ernie

Hi Basil, artshops sell adhesive transparent film. You just have to be careful to get it nice and smooth, it sicks to everything ernie

Oh Phil, Don't you understand? Poor Shepeiro just has to have a new radio. I'm sure that everyone of us has drooled over a goodie that we must have. Not want or even need, but, just must have ernie

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Yes, you have to pin it down. I think to best option is to build in the twist, rather than to try to distort a flat wing, but It still needs pinning. Bet you wish you never asked ernie

Yes Basil The aim is to have the angle of the wing at the tip different to that at the chord. this helps to prevent the dreaded tip stall. Too slow a turn,,tip of wing which is moving slower than the remainder stops working...splat ernie

Hi Basil, Probably the easiest way is to make a wedge with an angle of 2°,( you can use a school potractor to do this) and a long side equal to the tip chord of your wing. Make it nice and thick, say 1/8 You can use this to pack up the trailing edge of your wing ernie

THANKS TORSTEN..........By the sound of it, your best will be fine....Give me a couple of days to sort it out ernie

This is not a laughing matter. I've been Fokkering this wee number for years now, and I'm not risking a translation from some american robot. I need to write "lift here" and not "my grannies fallen from the stagecoach" ernie

Hi, Is there a german speaker out there? I need someone to translate some basic stencilling, and general lettering for my fokker...My own knowledge goes back the the heady days of "the rover" etc. Donner und blitzern, or something like that. Its things like "lift here" and the aircraft number; engine number etc that I need? not a lot, but i'd like it to be correct ernie

Once knew a wee lass called Davina the Fireater...Had to lock the stuff up...Like American presidents she didn't inhale ernie

Hi Mike, A good art shop is the best place to start..There are a truly enormous range of prices.. The ones that I use have BLEISWUCK written on them... Not too expensive, but I don't really need Mongolian musk rat hairs. SWIMBO buys me dozens from LIDL for a pittance,but I havent had the heart to tell her that they are used once for epoxy or whatever, and then binned. Buy good buy once ernie

Well, it depends.....If it's onto bare wood, or perhaps in a not very prominent place, then the cheap brushes from the DIY shop are fine. However, if you are doping a tissue or fabric structure, and want the very best result, then it's an expensive mop job. I use 1". They can be very expensive, around £1 a hair, so look after them. Hang them with the hairs hanging down, and never ever leave them standing in a glass of thinners, or anything else Finally beware that some of the paint on the brushes is not resistant to cellulose Or, get a spraygun ernie

Well, to rephrase my question. How do you scale aces apply all tha small lettering, logos etc. to your masterpieces ernie

most architects are now using CAD systems [except me] There must be thousands of perfectly fine drawing boards hidden away in cupboards. The good ones are perfect for us. High quality timber, braced for trueness. Try a School of Architecture ernie

Thanks, as ever the forum is a mine of information. I've ordered transourdream from the big A in the sky. Ill report in due course ernie

Hi fellow forumites I wonder.....Is it possible to have a sheet of 'letraset' rub on type decals printed? I need all the wee bits of lettering and graphics for my 1/4 scale fokker. Propellor logo, continental tyre logo, manufacturers numbers etc; I can spray the big bits like the crosses etc. I certainly don't want glossy vinyl stuff. It must be matt, and look as if it has been painted on. I can produce detailed and accurate artwork. Oh, and what's german for 'do not walk on the wing' ernie

If a wing is absolutely flat on its underside, then it has no washout or washin. Washout is when the rear of the tips are twisted slightly upwards (two or three degrees) so that the tip is less likely to stall and cause the wing to drop (often dramatically). Washin is the opposite. If you are learning to fly, get everything spot on. It's difficult enough without a twisted airframe ernie

i hardly ever use my garage workshop It's way too cold in winter, and way too hot in summer. I also don't like to work with the big door closed because of all the nasty chemicals in there. So, I save it for noisy, dirty, smelly jobs, and do most things in the house...warm, tele, computer, and all the luxuries of civilisation. So John, I'd go for a huge amount of brownie points, let SWIMBO have it all, and take over a spare bedroom ernie