Warbird Replicas Bf 110 club.

[Dwain Dibley.]

Ya crazy, impetuous fool Ron.??

She's coming on though.

D.D.

[gillyg1]

Wings primed to dry overnight, awaiting rub down.

 

Fus covered, 2x coats of dope , detailing to be added .

[gillyg1]

So presumably Ron  you will be attaching the canopy after painting ? 

I have always done the opposite, detail cockpit,pilots then canopy.

"Masked up" then sprayed.

Only thinking of colour matching - canopy to surrounding fus. Do you find this a problem, agreed it would save masking out the windows , so do you hand / brush paint the canopy. Then glue in pisition? 

Edited May 15, 2021 by gillyg1

[Ron Gray]

In this case I can mask and spray either on or off the fuse as the paint for the canopy will be the dark green and will blend in with the top of the fuse. It really does depend on how I will be fixing the canopy and as this one will be screw fixed I need to make sure that the fuse is made to match the canopy. The cockpit interior will be 3D printed with a 2 piece base incorporating electronic 'boxes' (to cover the servo) and 2 dashboards, one for the pilot and the other for the nav / rear gunner.

[Ron Gray]

Bits to complete, tailplane assembly glued to fuse and elevator infill plus servo access hatch added,

 

 

After primer undercoat on the new bits it was time to spray the underside with the blue (honest it is blue despite looking grey!)

 

 

Canopy was masked then sprayed, rubbed back a bit, dark wash applied then rubbed back again to highlight weathered edges and fixings.

 

Edited May 16, 2021 by Ron Gray

[Ron Gray]

A few folks have PM'd me asking where I get the spray paint from, this is who I now use Graff-City, they have a fantastic range of colours, their prices are good (£4.25 per can of the colours I've shown above) plus they do a range of different spray nozzle sizes Caps.

 

I should make it clear that I have no tie up with this company other than I buy stuff from them!

[Ron Gray]

For those guys who have built the BF, what AUW did you arrive at. Mine is 4.7Kg with 2 x 3700mAh 4s batteries but to get the C of G as per the destructions I’ve had to add 70g right on the tail.

 

Hoping to maiden it tomorrow with no jewellery and with it in an unfinished paint stage as I’m not too pleased with the finish (colour and application) so it may change.

[Ron Gray]

Jolly Green Giant, still got hatches to fix and some other little bits but not flying tomorrow as everyone else has cried off due to the weather forecast!

 

 

[Ron Gray]

As it hasn't got a steerable tailwheel I've set up (switched) differential throttle controlled by the rudder stick so wanted to see if it worked. (Shame it doesn't have brakes!!!)

 

 

Edited May 19, 2021 by Ron Gray

[Dwain Dibley.]

Very Nice Ron.

This was my one, just after her maiden flight.

D.D.

 

[Ron Gray]

Thanks D.D., do you remember how yours weighed?

[Dwain Dibley.]

When I get home I will have a look Ron, I can remember weighing her and will have written it somewhere, I hope.

D.D.

[Dwain Dibley.]

On 06/08/2017 at 14:05, Dwain Dibley. said:

Richard asked me if my 110 balanced without ballast, and the answer, once I moved the retract battery onto the c of g, is YES. 4 inches behind F2.

She weighs in at 4860g or 10 Lb 10 oz....That's batteries, props, spinners the lot

D.D.

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There You go Ron, took me ages to find that post Matey.  ??

Edited May 19, 2021 by Dwain Dibley.

[Ron Gray]

Top man. So the weight of mine is in the same ball park, but did you have to move the retract battery backwards or forwards, just seeing if yours was nose heavy to start with too?

[Dwain Dibley.]

You like making me work Ron..........LOL

I did some more reading, and it would seem that I moved the battery from the nose, rearwards, to the CofG.

D.D.

[leccyflyer]

14 hours ago, Ron Gray said:

As it hasn't got a steerable tailwheel I've set up (switched) differential throttle controlled by the rudder stick so wanted to see if it worked. (Shame it doesn't have brakes!!!)

 

 

You built a Luftwaffe radar station as a backdrop for the night fighter taxi trials? Now that is true dedication to scale fidelity! ?

Edited May 20, 2021 by leccyflyer

[leccyflyer]

13 hours ago, Dwain Dibley. said:

Very Nice Ron.

This was my one, just after her maiden flight.

D.D.

 

Love that colour scheme - it suits the Bf110 so well. 

[Ron Gray]

8 hours ago, Dwain Dibley. said:

You like making me work Ron..........LOL

I did some more reading, and it would seem that I moved the battery from the nose, rearwards, to the CofG.

D.D.

Thanks again D.D. Good to know that yours was nose heavy to start with too!

[Ron Gray]

Bye bye Jolly Green Giant 

 

 

 

Couldn’t stand the green so a new scheme beckons!

[Ron Gray]

The new scheme which I prefer to the JGG. I'm not going to do any more work to it until the maiden flight has been completed which should be at the end of the week.

 

 

[Murat Kece 1]

Congratulations. That looks  great Ron. Good luck with your maiden.?

[Ron Gray]

Thanks Murat, looking forward to the maiden.

[Eric Robson]

Looking good Ron, do you suffer from insomnia? If the Ju88 is anything to go by you will have an uneventful maiden.

[Dwain Dibley.]

Very Nice Mate.

My vid of the maiden is in this thread somewhere, she flew well, so you should be OK. ?

D.D.

[Ron Gray]

I remember yours D.D, so fingers crossed and all that!

 

@Eric Robson you know what it's like Eric (and you should know the way you churn them out) once you get an idea in your head............... To be honest I spent a lot / most of the first painting session cleaning the Air Brush as it clogged using some of the grey paint. In the end I stripped it right down and soaked all of the bits then attacked them with a small paint brush removing all paint residue, after that it was fine. Just going to look to see if there are some 3D print files on line for the guns, if not I'll set about drawing some up myself.