dirk tinck

thanks Phil ! Soon i'll be 60 , and by the time this bird is finished , i will have spent 10 % of my free evenings on it ! Makes me think if it's all worth it... Anyways , this evening i sanded the whole fuselage so there's just the wings to go ! All the other parts are done. I hope to be ready for paint by next weekend but i'm golng to take the weekend off and visit PROWING in Soest , Germany to buy a second set of flight battery's and enjoy the show. It's allways worth it ! I'll be at one of the next PSS weekends too , really looking forward to that !!

Hello ! I'm in the middle of the sanding process and i must say , this is the part that i hate the most... For the first time in this build i need some motivation to go on . There is no ending in sight while others watch a movie or go out with friends and have fun...I'm sanding primer for days to come...

Hello all ! Primer is painted ! Just a few weeks sanding before she gets her camo jacket fitted !

One thing i learned over the years is that you can never have enough SPACE AND TIME ! I worked all my life to have my own shop , wich i build myself . It's 100 sq M , two stories high , very happy with it !

Hi guy's Long time no see ! Just wanted to let you know that the fouga is completely ready for primer ! I made myself a spray-booth and looking forward to use it for the first time ! See you soon !

First pull of the small part

Looks like a big canope !! You're going to need a very big frame-box and a big heater !

I use automotive products as i have a lot of leftovers I did use spray cans for little parts and it worked fine !

Yes , Danny always primer and paint ! It will stand the heat of the plastic , no worries!

@ Danny fenton In this case , i simply made a new part in the mould of the canope frame twice as thick. Usually i make a plug out of pink foam , covered with 500gr glass to get a smooth finish.

Plugs for the Windows painted and polissen, ready for vacuming !

Different coolers , antenna , air intakes periscope X X

Aileron trim tabs balancers

Rudder mass balancers

Antennas and nose guns

Hello all ! I'm new in this section , but not new on the forum, In 2017 i started a topic in the EDFsection , a scratch build compositie fouga 1/4.5. Sinds the end of summer she did 5 fligts and i'm busy now adding all the scale details wich , i think , will be more in place here in the ''scale matters'' section . I'm only trying to reach visitors interested in scale items who never visit the EDF section. If not allowed , sorry , Dirk I added a video of the speed brakes , Just one of the many scale items.Much more in the EDF section ! 20231220_224415.mp4

Here is a little video of the 1st wing 20231220_224415.mp4

Thanks Phil ! The more you do , the more you can i guess . Last weeks i learned a lot more... The brakes are coming along pretty well but it's a lot of trial and error. There is so little room to fit it all. One wing is ready exept for the covers. I'm copying everything now for the other wing. I promissed myself they'd be ready in 2023 so i can start the painting process . MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !!

Hello all ! The speed brakes are going to take some time i'm afraid... I made the servo support from alu T profile .It took a lot of fitting before i was happy with it ! It will be screwed on the hard wood support but the screws (M2 )will go into the little back-up plate under the wood for better grip . The little pin on the end goes into a wing rib. The gap on the right is to let the servo wire trough. I love this kind of Jobs! The brakes are next !

First prototype of the speedbrakes .

Hello all , Another great scale item , and very much needed to slow this bird down on landings are the speed brakes. Flying buddy Ben Van Raemdonck , also 3D printing enthousiast made the moving parts for the brakes. It's Just a test print and a lot of time will be spent adapting them to the wings and form 4 complete drop-in brake units .The wiring is already inplace in the wings up to the receiver .

Hello all ! Thanks for the likes on previous posts ! Last on the accessoires list are the mass balancers on the aileron trim tabs. They are not functional and the balancers will be glued in. First pic is the real stuff.

De icer sanded

Hello all ! Gun ports , nose antennes, de-icer , done !

Hello again , no time to waste ! Today i sanded the gunports , not filled yet , but made some guns from 2 different diameters plastic tube . Looks fine to me !