Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Looking good james I can bring some white and black trim line up with me at the weekend your welcome to help your self to get the canopy finished mate Thanks for the links very usefull I'm always in the market for yet another good glue Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Hi PhilThat would be really good thanks, it will save me from buying two whole rolls just for the little bits I need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 No worries James ,I'll put them in the Van now so I don't forget got 2 days off though won't be up at Greenacres till the sat as forgot I have a physio app at half 7 fri night still with an early start should be there for about 9 to half past. this morning will drag waiting for fed ex and parcel force lol Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks Phil, I really appreciate your help.I will get there sometime on Saturday morning and will look out for you to meet up.What nice new model are you waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 No wories James I'll be pretty obvious with my name on my T shirt and fleece lol. its just a HK sky master needed something cheap cheerful and fun as a thumb steadier. its here and has been started but PNF iit certainly aint lol Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 I am starting to think I should have ordered a raincoat rather than a polo shirt... I better bring plenty of teabags, there might be plenty of time for sitting in the tent!My Phoenix 2000 arrived earlier in the week, just opened the box, it seems very good for what it costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I've seen the pheonix before James and was very impressed with it especially for the price our club chairman got his so high last week he lost sight for a moment made an emergency spin descent to get it back to a reasonable altitude cloud base that day was approaching 1500 feet and while he didn't make that it looked mighty close such was the power of the thermal he'd found. my little Sky master was a good quick build but how they call it a plug & fly is beyound me lol 5hrs fitting it together looks like it will be fun though much smaller dihedral than appears on the hk product video so probably quite agile As for the tea bags James there will be plenty in my van don't even bother with the flask mate nothing beats a fresh cuppa except perhaps a perfect maiden flight. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Well James a P2000, great glider, heres mine slightly modded, next step is to put it on a diet and shed a few ounces for use in the club ALES comps. Edited By Tim @ ModelMarkings.com on 20/06/2013 21:45:19 Edited By Tim @ ModelMarkings.com on 20/06/2013 21:46:36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 That one looks great Tim.I am still trying to work out where to hide mine... my wife is sure to notice that this is not "just that glider I got ages ago" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 gave up trying to hide my new models ages ago James Pams far to observant bless her Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 I will have to own up.... eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Its hopeless trying to hide them - the ladies see and understand far more than we think! I was once giving a new engine a warm-up and tune in a model in the garden. It was a rather tasty new OS four stroke. After I came in the house Mrs BEB said to me "When did you get the new engine?" "How did you know its a new engine?" I asked. "Well I can tell by the sound its a four-stroke and you only have two of them and neither of them are in that model"! Scary! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 yes thats scary, but to be honest mine can spot the difference between a turnigy and an Emax now that s scary Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Back to my build! I am quite impressed with my glue experiment, the plastic canopy is firmly fixed in place but the glue lines do need covering over with trim, the glue has dried a bit "lumpy" rather than totally clear. I think I let the contact (like) glue go off a bit too much before joining the two parts together. The good news is that after a careful bit of trimming with the very sharp sissors on my Swiss army knife the canopy does actually fit on the model (ish), there are a few gaps where the angle of former F5 seems to have moved a bit but I am happy with it. I still have some of the fiddly bits that will no doubt take me ages like something for the canopy magnet to errr - magnet down onto, and the nose to finish and the rudder to install and all of the hinges and the part where it may all go wrong, the covering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 When it comes to the canopy magnet James, I usually use a 2nd magnet for a superb hold, I can lift mine, without bty, by the canopy and it doesn't let go, can't see an emergency mid air ejection any time soon Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Wow that is scary guys.. I think my wife has just decided to ignore the various planes that keep arriving for the time being... I think she knows I am "bonkers" but the planes are safer than the motorbike I nearly didn't come home on one day. I got a very large second hand Hangar9 F22 Raptor with SC .46 in the nose a couple of weeks ago (my first IC model). She has walked past it every day and so far the only comment was "I bet that thing is fast with that engine at the front".. So yes they do notice a lot and don't always say something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks Phil, yes another magnet, I was thinking about using a washer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 There is a lot in what you say WF. I once commented to "the dinner lady" on how much I appreciated how tolerant she was of my hobby. Her reply was "At least I know where you are, ie with a load of other middle aged men in a field. You're not in a pub or with another woman - it could be worse"! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Just what my good lady says BEB do they all get this stuff from the same book or something Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Just seven completed and ready to fly/attend out of seventy odd? Cannot believe it. Make it eight cos I am greedy and have two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 That is very true BEB ! Yikes Martin that is a massive number of planes - although if I had a garage or workshop (or shed) I would probably end up with quite a few. Mine are currently cluttering up various corners of the house, I am actually amazed that the kids have not broken my models yet. Edited By WolstonFlyer on 20/06/2013 22:57:01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Posted by Martin McIntosh on 20/06/2013 22:52:00: Just seven completed and ready to fly/attend out of seventy odd? Cannot believe it. Make it eight cos I am greedy and have two! just been on one of the attendance threads and thjought I could count 13 so with you having 2 make that 14 hope its more on the day Didn't realize you were 6'6" James that'll make you easier to spot lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Over 70 kits were sold - plus of course folks who have built from the plan and supplied their own wood. But you'd be surprised - on a typical day we get 2-3000 unique logins to the forum. How many of those actually post? Maybe 100? So it perfectly possible - indeed likely - that there are many Tucanos we don't know about from people who don't post but like to follow the forum. Its a free country - at the moment! BEB Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 20/06/2013 23:05:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Yes Phil I am rather tall (must have been something in the water because my parents are both average height)... and a bit wider than I should be but that's what I get with a wife that likes to bake cake and a job in IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Wow over 70 kits sold but not that many comments or questions in comparison really, but then perhaps people read build blogs and feel they have nothing further to add and quietly build their models. Edited By WolstonFlyer on 20/06/2013 23:08:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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