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Guillow's Avenger

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Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, December 19, 2014 8:18 PM

Yep.

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, December 22, 2014 7:11 PM

Attached the wings and horizontal stab.   

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Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, December 22, 2014 10:19 PM

That looks nice philo,

Have you decided to install a motor?

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 6:33 AM

Yes,I plan to add a motor and lipo battery.I plan to tether it to a pole and see if it flies.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 12:02 PM

I'd pay real money to see that.

Steve

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 1:25 PM

i will post a vid if it does not crash!

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Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 1:29 PM

cool!

Steve

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 7:54 PM

i used the plans to make bulkheads to restore the lower fuselage that I cut away to install the wing.  It should work. 

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Posted by rangerj on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:05 PM

I still build some stick and silkspan (tissue) models. With the progress being made in the electric flying models I might go back to this type od modeling. We also used to cove those stick models with silk and brush on "dope". I still have a can od Pactra clear dope that is at least 40 years old and it is still usable. The old banana oil dope was horrible, but the lacquer based dope was just as bad.

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:14 PM

Yeah ,back in '76 when I made my Stuka that dope stunk up the basement  so badly I got yelled at!

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Posted by philo426 on Saturday, December 27, 2014 1:48 AM

Covered the fuselage and pinned the tail in place.Starting to look like an Avenger!   

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Posted by philo426 on Saturday, December 27, 2014 2:02 AM

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Posted by philo426 on Sunday, December 28, 2014 3:43 PM

Made the landing gear out of brass tubing.  

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, December 29, 2014 1:15 AM

Masked off the canopy. Not much fun!  

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, December 29, 2014 8:25 AM

Looks good, and you got the canopy done- my most hated part of aircraft modeling.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, December 29, 2014 8:50 AM

Yes!it is not an FW189 ,but it is a challenge!

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Posted by SNOOPY on Monday, December 29, 2014 12:22 PM

This build is looking good.  I have a STUKA that I attempted to build but every time a cut a piece of balsa, especially with the grain it would split.  The pieces would not just pop out like the manufacturer's customer service said.  I would try to glue it back together back usually ended up gluing to the bench.  I needed help with it but found nobody willing to help around me.  So it sits, with only a couple of parts actually put together.  I am glad you are having fun with it.

How are you going to paint it?  It looks like the covering is a type of plastic shiny monokote film.

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, December 29, 2014 1:39 PM

i am gong to paint it flat white and dark gray in the Atlantic paint scheme.

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, December 29, 2014 1:41 PM

To fix the split bulkheads,first put a sheet of wax paper down and then glue the parts together.that way it is not stuck to the workbench and the repaired bulkhead can be easily removed without re damaging it.After the glue dries ,of course.

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:04 AM

Primered the bottom.At least there no seams to fill!   

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:15 AM

Zinc Chromated the canopy.  

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Posted by SNOOPY on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:15 AM

I have tried it with wax paper.  It is good on the larger pieces but a lot of times it is where a real small tab for one of the long horizontal stringers.  Some times when they break I cannot tell how they go back together.  I hear Guillow's is doing laser cut on some of their kits.  May be I will wait for it in laser cut wood.

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:28 AM

I ordered a Dehavaild Beaver kit that is supposed to be laser cut.I will post pics of the parts.

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:42 PM

The canopy does not fit very well.i will have to fix that.  

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Posted by philo426 on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 1:53 PM

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, January 1, 2015 12:29 AM

I found an engine in my parts stash that looks good.(had to grind down the cylinders to fit the cowling).The crank case cover is not glued on pending the selection and installation of a motor.  

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, January 1, 2015 9:20 AM

Hey  philo, That's really starting to look like an Avenger now.

Steve

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, January 1, 2015 10:07 AM

Yep!

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, January 1, 2015 8:37 PM

Not easy stuffing the receiver and battery into the fuselage.   

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, January 1, 2015 9:21 PM

Philo,

Here's some pics of my scratch built Fokker D7.

Steve

 

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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