Blue Max aka Miss Scarlet (another bin save)

[jeff2wings]

Having finished the Flair D7&Legonaire and with no prospect of flying them (or anything else for that matter) I thought I have a go at this one, brought along with a super sixty off 'that' site more for it's wheels than anything else, rather than with a view too getting it airworthy.

So the World Models Blue Max is pioneer styled model based (if not directly copied) on the American RCM plan of Miss Scarlet  that's on outerzone. I'm sure this won't take to much work. Probably. 

So off we go,I did start this in April (no,not the 1st) as it arrived 

this is where I find a various of holes and a oil soaked front end 

Some of thats from the wings!

time to cut and shut

inner lightply doubler

 

ready for new foam

tank platform with space for battery 

more later 

[PDB]

Very interesting and educational, keep the pictures and detail coming please as the build moves on. Thank you 👍

[jeff2wings]

In the last two pictures you can see I've removed the decking behind the wing and cut away the top part of the former, you can see the weak spot where the rear frame joins the sheet front end. 

here I've added a 1/4 doubler across the joint also you can see the noch for the aileron torque rods,more on that later

Front of fuselage covered tank hatch made

rear part painted and tail surfaces recovered with some old Powermax polyetex (think that's what it was called)

 

 

[jeff2wings]

So the wing,at first look it appeared to be OK apart from some lose covering from having been patched up ,however apparently it's had a major prang and then left in a (very) damp shed resulting in discoloration of the wood and rusting of metal fittings I.e. anchor nuts and those torque rods 

A bit grotty!

and that's why the ailerons where abit on the stiff side 

 

both wingtips had repair work done, note lead !

 

 

[jeff2wings]

So now I need to make good the area formally occupied by the torque rods, I rebated the damaged area and added new wood

Once the had set and sanded flush it seemed a good  opportunity for a dual servo setup, after a bit of a rummage under the bench I found a couple of Hitec slim wing servos 

Of course having removed the wood that was covering the rods left a gap

and both wingtips now repaired 

 

 

 

[jeff2wings]

That's the major wing repairs sorted out, just the covering and attaching the ailerons but before I do that there's the issue of the discoloration of the wood to deal with. The natural finish polytex will expose the difference in colour quite starkly, looking around the workshop I found this

In the previous picture of the wing tip repair I have applied a coat of the paint and sanded it lightly and I think it gives the appearance of being from one piece of fresh wood? Well it does to my eyes  lol !

this is perhaps  a better illustration 

Now back too fitting out the fuselage 

U/C on,simples!

Servos fitted in the same position as it was received in,however with the engine it was nose heavy?

 

The joggle, cheap and effective. 

Works this end as well 

So far it's cost £20 for the airframe ,a small amount of wood, paint/fuel proofer and covering that I had to hand

 

 

Edited August 4, 2023 by jeff2wings
Pictures in wrong order

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Looking good Jeff.

[jeff2wings]

RCM&EDec 2003

 

[jeff2wings]

Almost there ,just a few to add like fake rigging and a quick dust of satin proofer and the inevitable wait for the weather to co-operate 😕

[Steve Fox]

Hi I have been enjoying a couple of your build blogs. 

What excellent work in restoring those models

Cheers Steve NZ