At about 18:58 today I began the corrective canopy surgery on Dave's F-14A Tomcat. The canopy, which has caused more problems with this model than anything, was a bit crooked and needed to be straightened out. So far everything is going well...
SLICK
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Dust Collector Milestones!
This past week I've been a little too busy to update the blog, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working in the hangar. I was able to finish two models, both the F/A-18 and the F-14A. I don't much care for the photo inserting insert program on here, so I have added the links from ARC to the pictures of both models completed:
F/A-18:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=179854
F-14A:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=180285
Two days into spring break and the runway is still a bit wet. Hopefully tomorrow I can begin practicing in the Pitts!
SLICK
F/A-18:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=179854
F-14A:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=180285
Two days into spring break and the runway is still a bit wet. Hopefully tomorrow I can begin practicing in the Pitts!
SLICK
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Busy Sunday
All day Saturday I was at a track meet, which left me with a lot of play time I needed to make up on Sunday. Today I painted all but the final color on the hornet. The model is getting close. I also prep'd the Tomcat canopy in order to spray the first color soon.
My father did quite a bit of work on the Hog Bipe as well. The bottom wings panels have been joined together and the leading edge sheeting sanded.
I took the Pitts out for a flight only to have it cut short by annoying canopy issues. Once I landed we immediately began work to fix these problems. The right side has been sliding open recently due to part of the rail moving farther forward than it's supposed to. The left side has always slid open just slightly, but I was tired of this happening. The fixes are in place now, and hopefully I will be able to test the canopy tomorrow...as well as show off the new camera location.
Although I didn't fly the Pitts a second time, my father and I did take the Clipper around the patch for a little more than half an hour. The weather today was excellent, and the forecast shows the same for most of the week.
DIRTY SIDE UP!
SLICK
My father did quite a bit of work on the Hog Bipe as well. The bottom wings panels have been joined together and the leading edge sheeting sanded.
I took the Pitts out for a flight only to have it cut short by annoying canopy issues. Once I landed we immediately began work to fix these problems. The right side has been sliding open recently due to part of the rail moving farther forward than it's supposed to. The left side has always slid open just slightly, but I was tired of this happening. The fixes are in place now, and hopefully I will be able to test the canopy tomorrow...as well as show off the new camera location.
Although I didn't fly the Pitts a second time, my father and I did take the Clipper around the patch for a little more than half an hour. The weather today was excellent, and the forecast shows the same for most of the week.
DIRTY SIDE UP!
SLICK
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Blast from the past!
The Ringmaster flies! Today my father and I flew the ringmaster for the first time. It was a blast! We shared a few good laughs over the nostalgia of such an old time RC type of modeling.
Today I was able to spray the second, darker blue color on the hornet. I'm a little disappointed in the color because it turned out a bit too grey. I post-shaded the color and that helped a bit. I'll post shade the lighter blue tomorrow to see if I can't make the colors a little more accurate.
SLICK
Today I was able to spray the second, darker blue color on the hornet. I'm a little disappointed in the color because it turned out a bit too grey. I post-shaded the color and that helped a bit. I'll post shade the lighter blue tomorrow to see if I can't make the colors a little more accurate.
SLICK
Spanish is finished...time for an update
Just finished some spanish homework, so I thought I would post another hangar update. Today I was able to mask the black, then spray the light grey. After that I masked the plane yet again and sprayed the lighter blue for the aggressor colors.
My father covered and sprayed the white on the Ringmaster. It's gonna be a blast to fly!
My father also mounted a new variable pitch prop onto the Slowdicator. Hopefully the weather will be as nice as forcast tomorrow so we can do a lot of flying; both models and full scale.
SLICK
My father covered and sprayed the white on the Ringmaster. It's gonna be a blast to fly!
My father also mounted a new variable pitch prop onto the Slowdicator. Hopefully the weather will be as nice as forcast tomorrow so we can do a lot of flying; both models and full scale.
SLICK
Friday, February 20, 2009
INTENSE!!!
Yesterday I completed my latest aviation music video. The video showcases EAA Airventure 2008 through fairly intense editing and fast pacing. A link to the youtube video can be found here (Don't forget to watch in high quality):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZc6bqTX83A&feature=channel_page
Tonight I worked in the hangar with my father. He completed some more work on the Ringmaster while I finished masking and sprayed the second color on the hornet.
SLICK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZc6bqTX83A&feature=channel_page
Tonight I worked in the hangar with my father. He completed some more work on the Ringmaster while I finished masking and sprayed the second color on the hornet.
SLICK
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Redo!
Obviously the pictures show exactly what I mean by "redo". The previous paint combination (the norm...painting lightest to darkest) didn't work out very well because for some reason the anodized aluminum color didn't stick. So I started over with the zinc yellow, then I'll paint black...then the aggressor colors and finish the entire model with the metallic paints.
Above is a picture of the Tomcat canopy in its current state. The next step is to mask and then spray the inner and outer colors again. That's it for tonight.
SLICK
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