leccyflyer Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Saw this beautifully finished Silhouette at the Angus MFC fly-in yesterday and it left me really missing my old Silhouette - a marvellous model and would love to find an unstarted kit, if anyone has one knocking about that they would be willing to part with, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Got a NIB kit off evil bay last year for less than £70 ! So there maybe more out there so keep looking or maybe one that's seen better days and refurbish it,they fly So well it's worth the effort 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 With a straight wing and simple lines it should be easy enough to clone the thing. All you need is one rib template for the foam wing, and the tail/fuselage side outlines off the original plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) Still flying mine, don`t think i`d ever sell it, other models come and go but the Silhouette is my go to for a quick fly in any conditions, still have an unbuilt in box as a back up. Yours looks super smart Jeff, love the colour scheme and spats. Latest model in foreground maidend last week but look who is lurking in the background 😁 Edited July 2 by martin collins 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 14 hours ago, Jon H said: With a straight wing and simple lines it should be easy enough to clone the thing. All you need is one rib template for the foam wing, and the tail/fuselage side outlines off the original plans. No plans with a Silhouette -they come with the fuselage already assembled - just a case of adding the tailplane, fin and veneered foam turtle decking, joining the wings and gearing up. For my electric conversion I cut a hatch in the top turtle decking. The lovely shape of the cowl also demands finding a proper kit - as you could see from this thread I practically gave my spare cowl away years ago - a schoolboy error on my part, but it did help to get another Silhouette back in the air, which is no bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) 11 hours ago, leccyflyer said: they come with the fuselage already assembled oo interesting. the ARTF of its day Still, if a nib kit is located i would knock apart the fuselage and draw round all the bits before putting it all back together. With your own set of plans in hand it would be easy enough to clone. I am sure the cowl can be copied as well. If anyone has one unused a mould could easily be made. Edited July 2 by Jon H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 I don't know if mine was typical but the quality of the cowl was rubbish. A scratch built wooden or moulded cowl shouldn't be difficult to produce & as Jon says cloning the rest of the model from an existing kit (or even a salvaged write off) would be fairly easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Look what the Parcelforce man brought today. Happy bunny. 😎 It's an older kit than my original one - the instructions advise using a piece of 1/4" triangular stock to fair in the cockpit area between the top decks, where my original mid 90's version had a small fibreglass moulding. It's in perfect nick, all the bits are there and it should be a pretty quick build. This time I'll be sure to put the servo in the top of the wing, rather than underneath. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Nice one leccy👍nearly put a bid on it myself but that would have just been greedy, just love flying mine ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I'm delighted to have found one. I'll be making a plan of the parts and using the cowl to make a mould for a vac-formed, or possibly a lighter GF version - so I won't be without a Silhouette again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, jeff2wings said: Nice one leccy👍nearly put a bid on it myself but that would have just been greedy, just love flying mine ! 😅 Me too, i already have my flyer plus two unbuilt in their boxes, can`t resist though, they are such a nice model........... Edited August 9 by martin collins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Maybe you or leccy could draw up some plans and add them on outerzone, if I hadn't been so excited about building one after so many years would have done it myself 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Anyone else bringing their Silhouette along to the BMFA Buckminster Best Of British Fly in on the 28/29th September, would be good to get a few of them in the air together. 😁 I have just bought the moulds for the cowling and cockpit plus a load of the Silhouette decals that were being sold by a friend of the original manufacturer who has passed away. If anyone wants f/g or plastic mouldings or Silhouette decals pm me for prices. Apart from my Electric flyer i have two unbuilt kits (not for sale), i am going to build one up for a 4 stroke i.c, probably some sort of .52. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 The Silhouette got flown on the Saturday at the Best of British weekend at Buckminster, sadly the only Silhouette there. I am going to advertising this one which i have been flying for 5 or 6 years now and putting together a new one from one of my two kits, this one is all set up with motor/esc, servos etc and will just need a 4s lipo (i have been using a 3300mah) and a receiver. Monkee will be removed to go in the new model which is going hooligan mode with an E Flite 60 motor and 6s 😁, i will post some pictures up once it is underway. I will put this in the For sale section, i am looking for £100 for this one, good condition, never damaged, top hatch for the battery, a great model and superb flyer, i will be taking it to the Buckmonster swapmeet in two weeks time if someone wants to pick it up from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 My Silhouette is now sold, time to move on to a new one, will post pics once the box is open and glue is being applied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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