Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Posted by Tony Bennett on 10/05/2017 19:49:53: looks good to me sir. wish i was clever like you is with web design. Tony B Clever enough to watch Youtube tutorials haha. id be lost without them. Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Posted by will -0 on 11/05/2017 14:30:55: Posted by Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK on 06/01/2017 11:31:51: Hi, nice plane What sander are you using here? Hi Will, its a Macalister sander/Cutter. you can change the head from sander to cutter. it was an end of line from B&Q, excellent for getting into tight corners. the new one they do is yellow or some sickly lime green I think. well worth the investment. Richie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hi all, well the decision to go with my own website design was made for me yesterday, when I received a phone call saying that my web designer didn't think he could build a website from scratch in the time I have given him. Not a total surprise to me as my deadline was a bit tight. Therefore I'm looking for some more input from you if you don't mind. This time its on how I should do the build gallery on my website. This is what I have done so far. as shown in the screenshots below, I have used a simple gallery showing photos and text sliding from right to left, with the option to click on the gallery to change it to full screen with manual navigation arrows so that the viewer controls the speed and duration that each photo can be viewed. That was the easy bit. The thing I need your help with is, how I should sequence the build gallery. should I approach it the same way I have done this build blog. Should I do it as I would build the model.switching from wings to fuselage while waiting for glues to dry as I have done in this build blog (which in my view is the sensible option) or do I do wing then fuselage?? Edited By Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK on 14/05/2017 10:24:39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Taylor Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hi Richie I've followed this with interest as it seems a good alternative to the ubiquitous acrowot. Anyway, for my money, in the build blog keep the sub assemblies i.e. wing / fus / tailplane seperate. My age befuddled brain wouldn't be able to keep track of where I was otherwise!! I'll keep an eye out for the website and look forward to the kits being available. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Posted by Kim Taylor on 14/05/2017 18:06:00: Hi Richie I've followed this with interest as it seems a good alternative to the ubiquitous acrowot. Anyway, for my money, in the build blog keep the sub assemblies i.e. wing / fus / tailplane seperate. My age befuddled brain wouldn't be able to keep track of where I was otherwise!! I'll keep an eye out for the website and look forward to the kits being available. Kim Hi Kim, thanks for your reply. oh its way better than the Acrowot but then I designed it for me so its exactly what I like. I'm sure Chris Foss would say exactly the same about his model when comparing it to the Hammerhead lol. With regard to the build blog, having read your comment and had time to thing about it. Keeping them separate is the way I have written the instruction manual. So it makes perfect sense to do build blog the same way. I have also decided to have each assembly on a separate Gallery so you don't have to scroll through endless photos of one assembly to see another. this will also help those like myself. who like to work on with something else whilst the glue dries. I will post a link on here, just as soon as its finished, that way the members on here can let me know what they think. Thanks again Richie Edited By Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK on 15/05/2017 21:39:47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Has anyone ever used this covering adhesive before? I have always hated covering with a passion. I always ended up with air bubbles or creases or film lift, epically after a few flights. I painted some of this on the bottom of the fuselage, ironed on the covering as normal and there is not a bubble, crease of lift in sight, its perfect. why didn't anyone tell me about this years ago. sorry the pic is on its side lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 For the first time,a couple of months ago, I used PVA and water @50:50 mix. The covering stuck to it like a barnacle to a rock.....(that's the clean version to keep the mods happy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Posted by cymaz on 15/05/2017 21:48:19: For the first time,a couple of months ago, I used PVA and water @50:50 mix. The covering stuck to it like a barnacle to a rock.....(that's the clean version to keep the mods happy). A Barnacle to a rock, haha (got to keep the mods happy). does PVA reactivate when heat is applied I wonder, I feel an experiment is in order. it could save a fortune (well a few quid) haha. Anyway I am happy enough with it so far, that I have decided to recover some of my more tatted looking models, over time naturally because at the moment I still don't like covering much. Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon B Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 PVA and aliphatic both work with heat. I think you'll find cover grip is little different to watered down PVA anyway. Certainly when I worked in a model shop both smelt very similar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Posted by Simon B on 15/05/2017 22:28:48: PVA and aliphatic both work with heat. I think you'll find cover grip is little different to watered down PVA anyway. Certainly when I worked in a model shop both smelt very similar... I tried both and there was very little difference between them, with the product I bought being only slightly better, Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 If you can post a link to your website we could all see if it works. So many 'professional' websites for major companies are hopeless that you will probably do much better yourself! But it doesnt matter as long as it draws in the customers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Ok so I have spent the past few days working on this build blog gallery idea. then I tested it and oh dear, not one of my best ideas. I mean its ok if you just want to view the pictures but it is useless as a building aid as you cant select where to start in the gallery. for example, say you were halfway through the build and you wanted to use the gallery as a guide, you would have to allow the gallery to go through its sequence until you get to where you need to be and it takes an age to run through its sequence. Therefore I have decided to transfer the whole lot into a word document convert to PDF and add it to my website to download, like the instruction manual, easy peasy lemon squeeze, I think This will have to wait until Monday because I'm taking the weekend off to sink a beer or three over the magic weekend (rugby league festival up here in Newcastle) the rugby league people are kindly, coming up here to show us rugby union people how not to play rugby haha. Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Posted by kc on 19/05/2017 18:10:59: If you can post a link to your website we could all see if it works. So many 'professional' websites for major companies are hopeless that you will probably do much better yourself! But it doesnt matter as long as it draws in the customers..... that's my intention kc. just as soon as I have had someone check that I have done everything correctly. its actually surprisingly quite simple to build a website. I have tried to keep it simple because I personally despair at these sites. where you feel like you are on a journey of discovery, just trying to buy a pair of jeans lol. that, and it will be easier to add a new page with each new design I release, if its kept simple. I will post the link on here as soon as it is ready so that anyone that wants to, can have their say. Positive or negative feedback are of equal importance to me. Cheers Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew767 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Hi Richie Love the look of this plane but does it come with the bits for electric as well as i.c?? Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon B Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Any news on the site? Keen to buy one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Posted by Simon B on 04/06/2017 22:24:14: Any news on the site? Keen to buy one of these. Hi Simon, I have sent you a private massage to your inbox. Cheers Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Ok at long last I have a website I am going to leave it up in test mode for a week or so, so that anyone interested can have a look around the site and let me know what you think. I will be leaving the stock level at zero so that no purchases can be made until I am 100% happy that all is well so enjoy and I look forward to your feedback. To access my site you will have to type maddogdesignsuk.com into your browser, for some reason it doesn't show up in google search, working on that now. cheers Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone_Wolf Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Hi Richie, I have been interested in your development of the Hammerhead which looks like a nice design and one I'd like to have a go at. I'd say your website is 90% there and with a little tweaking it will be complete. So I tried the site in Chrome, Firefox and IE and in all 3 the formatting of the page size was a bit off. My PC has a dual wide screen setup so I was surprised that I get a horizontal scroll bar come up so I can see the whole page (browser viewed on one screen only). Even with the horizontal scroll bar set full to the left some text was still clipped off the page by about half a character. Text clipping again on the first menu item which for me gets displayed as "Hammerhead, a low wing sports aeroba" The general look and feel of the site is very good though and very contemporary so well done. Sort the formatting and you are done. Regards, Carl..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Well it doesn't display properly on my desktop PC unfortunately. No mention of price that I can see. And the copyright date says 2023! This is the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Posted by kc on 09/06/2017 12:18:07: Well it doesn't display properly on my desktop PC unfortunately. No mention of price that I can see. And the copyright date says 2023! This is the link Thanks for that kc, I will get those issues addressed right now. you couldn't be a little more specific on the display issue as it is fine on my PC. Yes the price, when the sight goes live, the price for each kit is displayed as you select the size and type of kit you want standard or Deluxe. Unfortunately my limited skills on the web builder site I'm using meant that the only way I could disable the ecommerce part of my site was to show zero stock, however doing this shuts down the whole process. it will only be like that until I have dealt with any issues on the sight its self. which hopefully wont take to long. As for the copyright date, that was on the original template I used, I must have missed it when removing the bits I didn't need. thanks kc for your feedback, it is much appreciated. Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 On the Hammerhead kit page, there is 'The standard kit dose not'. Looks like nice site and aeroplane, hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Carey Maddog Designs UK Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Posted by Concorde Speedbird on 09/06/2017 21:59:10: On the Hammerhead kit page, there is 'The standard kit dose not'. Looks like nice site and aeroplane, hope that helps. Thanks for that Concorde, I have corrected it now. much appreciated. Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Richie, Its the left side of your website that doesn't display properly ( cut off left ) and there is a horizontal scroll bar that should not be necessary Just as Lone Wolf said. I am using Firefox.on a modern wide monitor. It's actually slower to load than most websites ( too many high res graphics & videos?) and some people might give up before it loads. I feel that a simple website done without the arty crafty ideas of the professional webdesigners would be cheaper and better! For such a website we aeromodellers want the spec, the price and availabilty together with any helpful hints etc. We need a phone number & email so we could contact you. Maybe suggest whether you would ship abroad. We don't need pages that scroll across on their own but ones that load individually so that we can pause on them and study the detail. If we know the price is atractive we can snap them up when available and tell our friends. Without a price we might think it's a case of if you have to ask the price you can't afford it! Just my views - hope it's helpful to you and you sell lots of kits. Edited By kc on 10/06/2017 10:50:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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