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Loving the panel lines - top work!

Hi Folks - after an initial flurry at Christmas getting the airframe etc built I have now slowed down to my own pace - I will get there, but not in a hurry 🙂. I am using Radiant 4S 4000 packs as they are already in my box, but they do not quite fit in the space provided. I took Richards advice and removed part of one of the formers that he indicated in his excellent build in 'The Big Question'. I also added a battery tray to keep it all in place. It worked out quite well with the ESC fitted alongside the battery nicely. Nice and snug! Whilst fitting the servos in the fuse I noticed the balsa each side of the bay were flexing quite a bit, so I added some fillets from scrap to reinforce the area in addition to the bits I had already inserted. Not much weight but seems a lot stronger for my clumsy hands! I have been working on a pilot and a bit of cockpit detail and will post again soon when I get them sorted. Cheers, Simon

Hi Folks, just a quick one here. I found that once I had fitted the motor and speed controller to the fuse that it kept rolling around the workbench, driving me mad and making it annoying to work on. I do have a stand but it takes up a lot of room on the bench. My solution is a hacked around bit of cardboard box masking-taped on - sorted, makes life much easier! Cheers, Simon

Paints looking great!

Hi Ron, great videos, thanks for the ones on covering esp 👍👍👍. Cheers, Simon

Ha, I was having a quick look at work and thought lipoman had jumped forwards really quickly! 😀 Note to self - pay attention! 🙂

excellent work!

That is looking really good, got any wider views of the airframe? Been busy lately so progress on mine is slow..... Cheers, Simon

This will be interesting! Good luck 🤞

Great video! The vertical stabilizer seems to be oscillating around quite a bit, or is that a trick of the camera? Cheers, Simon

Good job on the covering there - be interested to see how you get on with the fuse as I've not used brown paper before either...... Cheers, Simon

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Glad to be of service, cheers! 👍👍👍

Hi Folks, back at work now so work has slowed on my 190. 🙁 I did however have a fiddle with Fusion again to make some suggestion of exhaust stubs at the back of the cowl. I know that they do not seem to protrude on the full size one but I wanted a little interest going on there so just made some a few millimeters in length to fill the gap. The exhausts line up well with the existing vent slots in the former (F2?) but I am going to cut the ply away in the middle to clear all the holes. I read on another post that the ESC etc stay quite cool so am not too worried about some of the vent being covered. There seem to be different shaped exhausts when searching online and I could not decide which to do so did a version of all three so take your pick 🙂. If you are worried about cooling I would go for the round one as it has the biggest holes and Dremel the ply back a bit. I weighed them on my scales last night and the weigh in at 0.7g for both sides which is good. Printing wise, use the Fine setting, no brim needed. They only took 12 minutes to print! I fitted the thin ply of the cowl so it extended back a few millimeters of F2 and was flush with the front former so it gives a small lip at the back to give it a small recess. I will attach the STL files at the bottom for all you lovely folks in case you want them to print. Until next time, cheers, Simon fw190 kidney exhaust.stl fw190 lozenge exhaust.stl fw190 round exhaust.stl

Hi Folks, latest fan with brim printed beautifully so will attach the 'fan with brim' STL below. Also I am using 4000 4s packs which are a bit too big for the battery bay so have made the cut-out indicated by Richard. I have also made a ply doubler to reinforce the area with some lite-ply as it looked a bit weak with the cut out, as well as beefing the motor mount up as it will be quite inaccessible once the ply is wrapped around. Probably does not need it, but once again when I had drilled the holes for the motor it looked a bit weak 🙂. Cheers, Simon FW 190 fan with brim.stl

really surprised too me how well it turned - good work!

Hi Folks, glad you are finding it useful! I printed mine with a brim to stop it moving, but it does not need any support going on. To make it easier for clean-up I have altered the file today to include its own brim just touching the very tips of the blades to keep it in place. I left work before it finished but it looked good up until then. . If if works ok I will add that file as well tomorrow so you will have the choice 🙂. It is interesting Ron to see the amount of downloads - must show how commonplace 3d printers are becoming, and how useful a tool they are for us makers. Look forwards to seeing all your builds, cheers, Simon

Seems to have worked so happy days! 🙂

Hi Folks, glad you like it. I have just tried attaching the .STL to this post so if you want to print one out you are welcome to. If it does not work then please feel free to PM me and I will send you the file. cheers, Simon FW FAN 2.stl

Hi folks. I have not posted a build on here for a long time, so hello again. Seeing Richards superb kit of the 190 and the mass build have pulled me back in 🙂. I am not going to do a blow by blow account as others are already doing a splendid job with that bit. Its well worth reading their blogs as all the tips and tricks they are putting into the builds are really great and make the build really easy, so thank you to all the early starters. So far I have built most of the fuselage, also the wings are done awaiting covering with brown paper - a first for me. I have got some from Sainsburys and done a test so it seems fine for the job and will be a lot cheaper than glass and resin! It's a tribute to Richards kit that I am so far along at this point as I am normally so very slow - only started it on Friday.... So excellent for me. The Flair Legionnaire I am working on is a couple of years in - and I got that as a part built airframe!!! I'm going to try and concentrate on the faffing around that I like to do with a build - that is add scale-ish details and interest to the airframe whilst trying not to add too much weight 🤞. So pilot, bit of cockpit detail, a few bulges here and there and maybe some exhaust stubs... I will see where it takes me with the rest. Also I have an underused airbrush and compressor that I need to play with so that should be interesting, for me at least! The first thing I started with today was the cooling fan for cowling as it looks a bit empty to me without it. I like to use Fusion 360 for 3d modelling, so fired that up today. I also have 3d printers at work (Ultimaker 2+) so it seemed rude not to use them. Here is the result I am going to leave a small rim around the inside of the cowl for it to be glued to - which i will paint black, so hopefully wont show too much. I have also included small pads on the back of the fin tips to glue to. Very pleased with the result! Thats all for now, Good to be back, Cheers Simon

Nice work with the oil pastels on the wings and tail feathers Eric, looks really great! thanks for posting details of build too. Cheers, Simon

Well, we only opened our pressies this morning after being so busy yesterday hosting, but Father Christmas came true with his promise with a nice big box of goodies along with an Airfix one to go with it, what a lovely chap! Must say I am very impressed with the quality and contents of the kit. Seems to have everything needed except the glue, covering and electrics - excellent value, Thank you Richard for your hard work in putting the package together. Love the hand drawn plan as well, such a pleasure to look at. Not sure when I will start, but will get onto it soon and look forwards to it. Hope you all had a great Christmas, cheers, Simon

Hi Ken, what did you apply the tissue with, looks really good. Sort of skimmed past this plan, but sorting out old mags yesterday I gave it a second look and am quite taken with it. 🙂 Have a good Christmas, cheers, Simon

Apparently Santa has delivered something to my wife so I should stop worrying and wait for Christmas day to come! 🙂