Here is my new project!!


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-02-21

Here is where I am now. I have the stab built, and here is a shot of the top half of the fuse all layed out and tacked together



By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-02-21

I want to go "Whole Hog" You know, glass it and put panel lines etc. It will have the scale cockpit, scale engine kit, Century Jet retracts, tail retract, and for power, a YS 110 four stroke.
I will post up more as I get it done. If you have any tips, PLEASE let me know.

Lee

Looks a little tail heavy.. bout half a cup of coffee should fix er right up..

All stringers in and almost ready to sheet!


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-02-22

Sounds like a cool project! :thumbup:
I will do something like this one day after I get all these designs out of my head done! :wacko:

:bigplane: In today's RC that is about as "Old school" as you can get. :hyper: I can't wait to watch it come together.

Ah, I love this phase of a project where everything fits together and you make a pile of wood look like an airplane. It's later on when they don't fit and you have to make it function like an airplane that gets me. :angry:

It looks awesome dude! That is not as awesome as my new trumpet... But AWESOME, I will see it in 2 weeks and we will have to fly all spring break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike, I am with you!! so far things are going ok, but just wait 'till later. There will be lot's of cussing i'm sure. L>T> I am sure it isn't as awesome as your trumpet, but it will do for me. Call me! I think I made "history" yesterday!

Lee

Well... moving right along, I have the top half sheeted (LOTS OF DINGS AND SCRAPES oh goody!!! I need to get better at pinning this stuff) to the point that I need to attach the tail.



By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-02-23

Coming along nicely! :thumbup:

There was a really nicely detailed Top Flite P-47 in the WWII room at the Seattle Museum of Flight today. Tons of detail including panel lines and rivets. Unfortunately my camera on my phone doesn't have a flash. :(

HEY LEE ,
THIS IS BUCKSHOT ....I AM FLYING THE SAME PLANE ,MINE IS THE BUBBLE TOP CONVERSION,EAGLESTON SCALED .....SHE IS A SWEET MACHINE,

Mike. thanks for the picture!!!

Buckshot, That's great! I have read that this plane is a great flyer. I hope that with all I am doing I can keep the weight down some. I am not sure how I will glass it yet, so many different methods!

Glassing it will make it easier to add the rivets and panel lines! :thumbup:

Ok............... I now have the stab and fin epoxied in. After many mess-ups, :banghead: I got it done.
I will post pics after I figure out how to get my left hand unglued from the tail! :yickes: :hysterical:

:spin: After spending some time getting my hand un-zapped from the tail :banghead: :banghead: :hysterical:

I got the top half of the fuse skined and ready to start the bottom half :dance: :dance:



Here are a couple of shots I just took of the "masterpiece" :roflmao:

Lookin good! :yes:

What size is that anyways? :unsure:

It is 1/7 scale. I'm going to put a YS 110 in it.

Got a little more done tonight.

Wraped up the top half of the fuse, and layed in the formers, stringers, and wing crutches on the lower half.


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-03-03


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-03-03

Looking real good Mr.Lee :thumbup: just DON'T let Mr.Frits do the test flight on it and you will be alright. :hysterical: :boxers: :sturthepot:

Wow!...now that's a fine looking war bird! Thanks for keeping us posted with your progress and all the nice pic's. Can't wait to see her fly... :bigplane:

:thumbup: Great Pix's lahughes3 ,I enjoy watching it come together. :penguin: Don't let the fact that Fritz has a R C maneuver named after him scare you. When it comes to flying unbalanced . untrimed ,non-straight an level flying model planes. :wub: He has the most Experience and in my opinion the best chance to land said aircraft in one piece. :bigplane: The other day He test flew my Little German H.O.R. ( hades On Rails). I had put the battery in the wrong place, ie, TAIL HEAVY. With a perfect hand launch, it shot straight up. :yickes: Realizing what I had done I just knew the Little H.O.R. was through. Fritz managed to land it with only a broken prop.( wish I could say that about my bowling Plane) But some times it takes a few good crashes :spin: to dail in an EXPERIMENTAL R C Plane.

You stick to your Mentor and Cub :sleeping: and YOU will be all right, Tony... <_<

Thanks for the kind words, Robert. At least YOU understand!... :lol:

Don't worry Frits, I'll be bugging you to maden this one when it's done!!

Ok guys...... I need some help here. The kit is missing the tail wheel bracket among other things, so the guy at Top Flite said to go ahead and use a Robart retracting tali wheel setup. I have it in, and need some input on if the bulkhead is beefed up enough, so let me know what you think.


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-03-06


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-03-06


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-03-06


By lahughes3, shot with KODAK EASYSHARE C533 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-03-06

Mr.Lee I am not much of a builder but I think I would put a peice of plywood on the other side. It looks like you have room and the threads on the screws are long enough. :thumbup: Looking good.

I wish I could build like that... It is a true art form. Very very nice dad.

Well, you COULD, if you paid attention to your dad's work, 4star40...

But I bet you'd rather ARF it, right? :D

:( :embarrassed: i wish i had time to build a kit :(

As Tony said it wouldn't hurt to put an xtra piece in for the screws to grab.
Although I would be more concerned with thae thinned spot closest to you in the last photo. :unsure:

I think it would be fine just the way it is. :yes:

It looks like you got a piece of ply on the front and back of the former. That should
be plenty.

Depends on the severity of the landing... :D

C:\Documents and Settings\lloyd elton sullivan\My Documents\My Pictures\MY RC\WORK PICS 035.jpg hey fritz justin showed up after u left saterday.so did alvin,mr,charles.justen flew his new used sport 300. holly[ sh :unsure: t] i posted a pic i got it. :dance: :dance: :D

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: gues not :yickes: :banghead: :banghead: :fuming:

Kinda what I was thinking! :thumbup:
We can't always do those Justin Landings! :D

You have to host the picture and hot link to the forum. You can use imageshack to do this.
http://www.imageshack.us/

Is that Windows-speak, lloyderc?
I remember dabbling in stuff like that back in the ol' DOS days... :D

Waiting for that picture... :sleeping: :sleeping: :sleeping:

Only two people at the field Saturday...
When these two get together it's time to put on your wading boots...
(click picture to enlarge)


It only gets worse when Alvin is around. With those three around at the same time there's enough bull$hit to cover the field...

All right, lloyderc, I know you took that picture of Justin's Sport-300 AFTER I went home, but,
through the magic which is Macintosh I will now post that picture you were unable to... :lol:

:sturthepot: i'll get into downloading some pics in a little while ,im making a cd for my nieces wedding,or would that be a hanging for her future husband :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :yickes:

wow check this out, alvin &art conners in background with the flying witch :o robert another idea :yes: holly sh--t i got a pic posted yall in trouble now :hyper: