Eric Robson Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 First time I used emulsion to paint a wall I thought the splashes would clean of easily with water, wrong once dry it is almost water proof. I built a Hawker Seafury from depron and painted it with emulsion, I flew it when the grass was wet and on snow, no other protection on the model.itwas still good after 6 years till it was destroyed in a mid air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 This is the Seafury, part balsa frame sheeted with 3mm white depron painted with white emulsion tinted with acrylic colours the invasion stripes were bare white depron and black acrylic, the roundels were felt tip Sharpies, they needed re doing occasionally. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lipo Man Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 9 hours ago, Eric Robson said: This is the Seafury, part balsa frame sheeted with 3mm white depron painted with white emulsion tinted with acrylic colours the invasion stripes were bare white depron and black acrylic, the roundels were felt tip Sharpies, they needed re doing occasionally. A Sea Fury - fantastic. That looks superb! Here’s one I did a couple of years ago - it was my first own design scratch build, and it’s had an active and occasionally incident prone flying career, but it’s still airworthy after lots of repairs (as I was learning to fly, self taught, and there were many crashes…). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) Hi LM, after the crash I decided to build another and scaled my original drawing up from 48" span to 57" using a balsa frame and foamboard for the formers and depron sheeting, the wings were made with ply ribs in the centre section as I fitted retracts. It is covered in brown paper and painted with acrylic paints, flies great on 4s. The canopy is a cut down Tempest one from Sarik. Sorry for hijacking your thread Martin. Edited January 27, 2023 by Eric Robson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballme1 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Thanks All. I was thinking about using water based varnish, but I will just go with Emulsion paint on it's own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Interesting thread. Definitely fancy trying this myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 Give it a go Daren, it is cheap stuff to use and builds into light fast to build airframes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 I definitely will. I have a number of warbird-type plans kicking about that I could look at for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 Let us know which one you pick and stick a build thread on here, love to see some more foamboard/depron models going together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren Cogdon Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 As it happens, I have the plans for the Me109 that you built, plus the Spitfire that went with it. There's also the old Heino Dittmar Spitfire plan that I have lying around, and the Tony Nijhuis dogfight double that came out many moons ago....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heather Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Where/How do you print out the plans. Do you print them on multiple A4 or A3 at home or work and paste them together for do you get them done by a printing company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 I downloaded the plans onto a stick and took it to my local reprographics firm to print off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heather Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, martin collins 1 said: I downloaded the plans onto a stick and took it to my local reprographics firm to print off. Thanks, I wouldn't even know where to go. In the past, there was staples, but these days I guess it is just local independents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin collins 1 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 An internet search will bring up the nearest ones to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Boy 3 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Hi all, have a foam board project soon for my grandson. Not sure what model yet, just wondered where can I source foam board, can it be sent by post / courier as there is no such shops around me. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) I get foamboard from Hobbycraft but if there is not one nearby B and Q do a form of depron in 3 thicknesses. What many are using now is foam underlay but I think it only is available in large packs. I have seen foamboard advertised in smaller sizes but it was relatively expensive compared to the Hobbycraft sheets which are about 30" square. Hobbycraft may deliver. Good luck with the project. Edited April 12 by Eric Robson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davies 3 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 B&Q deliver the underlay. It's in reasonably large packs for about £20. Once you get hooked (and you will!), you'll soon go through it! Talking of Grandsons; this is what I built for mine. Looks OK, flies like a pig! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARD WILLS Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Thats a shame Graham. I love the way it looks , especially having seen the Planes films . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davies 3 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 12/04/2024 at 19:52, RICHARD WILLS said: Thats a shame Graham. I love the way it looks , especially having seen the Planes films . It will be fixed! I've already doubled the chord of the ailerons and got some control back. I've increased the dihedral which has also helped a bit. I think it's CG sensitive and at the moment is at a 'safe' forward position. I think this is making the elevator insensitive so it's hard to fly 'bank and yank'. There may be some masking of the tail too due to the huge cockpit, so I may give him a scalping! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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