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    About 1530, over Welwyn Garden City, 1 - Spitfire and 1 - Mustang in very close formation. About 1600, same location a single Chinook.....
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    Posted by gangster on 29/06/2017 10:26:23: ... the senior having a flat bottomed wing and the Custom a bit symmetrical. Correct, the Custom was what I call semi-symmetrical, but it also had tapers on the L/E & T/E in plan view.... In fact a number of years ago I made a sport model based on the Custom but increased overall dimensions by 10% - reduced the thickness of the wing (for a bit more speed) and was fitted with flaps as well as enlarged ailerons and elevators. Powered by Irvine 53. Many in the Club liked it because it was attractive and also performed well. Edited By maurice northcott on 29/06/2017 11:12:11
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    Yes, my first RC model was a Trueline Senior Executive with an OS25. Then another with an Enya 35. Then another with an HP40F (went like the proverbial). Contemporaries and similar were the Jolly Roger range of kits (I had a Jolly Roger GT). In the meantime, I had a Kamco Kavalier as my first low winger, again with a trusty HP40F. Followed by the (then) Unique Models Hawk 70, converted slightly and painted to resemble a Magister with an HP61F. Great memories...... From memory, the Trueline Executive Senior plan also showed the Custom Executive side view, together with the root section of the latter, but not the tip section which was different (but that cant be too difficult to "guesstimate" .  Edited By maurice northcott on 29/06/2017 08:45:08
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    I asked my Female Unit this fictitious question: "When I was 6, my sister was half my age. Now I am 66, how old is my sister?" Answer, after about 1 solid minute "33" Dont laugh, please.......... maurice
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    Yes, the change from Dark Earth and green to grey and green was ordered by the Air Ministry to be gradually introduced as and when it was convenient after 15 August, 1941. As always with colour and camouflage the story is a lot more complicated than my simplistic statement. HTH maurice Edited By maurice northcott on 25/04/2017 10:48:46
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    Looking good Dwain, very good
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    Hello All Well, today I returned to the Fw190D after doing some work on the large Wot4-type thing I been working on (boring), and a lot of research on the 190. I finally found a section of the full-size that I knew was somewhere, and the exact position of that section on the aircraft. This enabled me to continue with the fin to the point where I cannot proceed further before other work (Photo 1) Then I moved to something else that had been bugging me for a while. When I originally built the fuselage I foresaw it as being a 190D-9 and consequently cut in the upper cowling gun troughs, since the change of mind to a D-11, those gun troughs have been sitting there laughing at me. Well today I got my own back. The troughs were filled with some 1/2-inch balsa dowel (glued in with PVA) and were later trimmed down using a large knife (photo 2) then with a plane and Permagrit sanding block (photo 3) - these are now ready for final finishing. Next up was the fitting of the leading edge to the horizontal stabiliser as photo 4 - these were fitted with PVA and strapped in place with masking tape. Tomorrow I will progress with shaping the leading edges and the stabiliser tips... So there we are, its good to be back, seems like a lifetime away Cheers maurice
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    You could always try the old Brian Taylor method (we used to kid him)...... install a deflated balloon behind the c of g and just prior to flight, pump it full of helium. Seriously though, I am sure you will have a nice flyer for those balmy Summer evenings...  Cheers matey maurice Edited By maurice northcott on 27/03/2017 11:26:32
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    Sorry to hear the day was not 100% good after all your efforts. However, you are a "dyed-in-the-wool" aeromodeller, so I am confident that you will persevere and succeed. Good luck maurice
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    Well done Colin. Good luck today
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    They did use 3 Bf110 to tow a Gigant, but all 3 Bf110 were totally separate aircraft... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-NE8vX25I  This was rather dangerous and led to the Zwilling described earlier Edited By maurice northcott on 20/03/2017 20:36:23
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    Sorry chaps, its fictitious. Was built by an American plastic modeller for a "What if....."
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    Thats great Dwain, just the type of thing I was after. Cheers matey..
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    Dwain, its a 190D. Thanks mo
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    Hi Cymaz et al I dont know where 20kg came from. My original post stated "... weight about 20lbs." But I am more interested in a suggested power train......   maurice Edited By maurice northcott on 18/03/2017 15:35:08
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    Thanks Pete B I think even I would have trouble making an 80-inch 190 coming in at 20kg finished weight  maurice Edited By maurice northcott on 18/03/2017 15:26:32
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    Hi All Anybody got direct experience of putting electric motor in a model of the following size & type please? If so, could you please suggest a power train for the following? Size 80-inch span and length, weight about 20lbs. Wing area: 7.2sq.ft. Wing loading (calculated) approx. 2.78lbs/sq ft. Type: WW2 fighter of good performance. Many thanks in advance, maurice
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    Thanks Dwain. Well since the last time I posted, I spent the 4 intervening days at the Field, so not much more done. Today was as so often in scale modelling, a lot of thinking, quite a bit of doing but not much to show for it. Some more work done on the fin.... the fin cap was roughly shaped and more whittling and sanding around the lower leading edge and the base block was added on the right hand side..... I think it is gradually getting there..... Some more shaping of the undertail fairing and the addition of the bulge blanks. The pins and tape taken from the engine cowling bulges. The photo shows how the bulges have retained the curve that was induced by soaking them in boiling water and strapping them to the cowl with a bit of 3/32-inch balsa below the centre of them to accentuate the curve. When dry and released the induced curve reduces a little but is still sufficient that no stresses are induced when finally gluing........ Off the the Field again tomorrow if the weather remains clement..... See you soon....... maurice Edited By maurice northcott on 14/03/2017 20:14:24
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