old timers look here must be 50+ years only
08-05-2016, 06:51 AM
#2876
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We spent the entire day looking for someone to assemble a counter top for our bath sink its a laminate type ....forget it! the cabinet was custom built so it has to be special cut to fit. the only place I found is out of town and he seemed shakey so it appears I have another honeydo stareing me in the face.
08-05-2016, 10:15 AM
#2878
In a word no, I wasn't thinking of a build when I got it. Wankels fascinate me, while waiting for it to arrive I looked at what I had and found three in the boxes and one on display, so with this one I have five and I'm not sure what to do with them. I need to stop buying stuff. but they would look good in a C-54- a connie, or maybe a B-17. but no time soon.
We spent the entire day looking for someone to assemble a counter top for our bath sink its a laminate type ....forget it! the cabinet was custom built so it has to be special cut to fit. the only place I found is out of town and he seemed shakey so it appears I have another honeydo stareing me in the face.
We spent the entire day looking for someone to assemble a counter top for our bath sink its a laminate type ....forget it! the cabinet was custom built so it has to be special cut to fit. the only place I found is out of town and he seemed shakey so it appears I have another honeydo stareing me in the face.
08-05-2016, 09:16 PM
#2880
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I'll be going to an "Interclubs" event at Gueret tomorrow. Gueret is the capital of the Department, the equivalent of a "county town" in England, perhaps in the USA as well, it's the place where all of the local government offices are situated. The Gueret Club, "Les Fourmis Volantes," (The Flying Ants) is by far the biggest club in the area and they have invited several other clubs to the event too. Being France, for 10€ we will get an "apero" and a four-course lunch! Pictures to follow.
Our club secretary has also taken many pictures of the display at Sazeray last week. I'll post the interesting ones when I get them.
Our club secretary has also taken many pictures of the display at Sazeray last week. I'll post the interesting ones when I get them.
08-06-2016, 06:32 AM
#2881
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08-06-2016, 06:38 AM
#2882
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What you are about to do is how I started three small busineses...all very profitable, good luck!
08-07-2016, 08:52 PM
#2888
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It depends what sort of paint you intend to use. If you were to take the model to a shop which supplies paint to the automotive re-finishing trade, or alternatively to a shop which supplies paint to the building trade, they should be able to match the colour pretty accurately.
08-07-2016, 10:48 PM
#2890
I don't know how compatible this paint is with the foam, but judging by computer monitor (and looks can be deceiving), Rustoleum has a
Stops Rust® Protective Enamel12 oz. Spray can in color Harbor Blue, Part No. 7722830, Lowes home improvement store cost $5.18 US that seems to be close.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-ca...e-enamel-spray
Stops Rust® Protective Enamel12 oz. Spray can in color Harbor Blue, Part No. 7722830, Lowes home improvement store cost $5.18 US that seems to be close.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-ca...e-enamel-spray
08-08-2016, 05:00 AM
#2891
Senior Member
08-08-2016, 05:12 AM
#2892
08-08-2016, 08:10 AM
#2893
I'll be going to an "Interclubs" event at Gueret tomorrow. Gueret is the capital of the Department, the equivalent of a "county town" in England, perhaps in the USA as well, it's the place where all of the local government offices are situated. The Gueret Club, "Les Fourmis Volantes," (The Flying Ants) is by far the biggest club in the area and they have invited several other clubs to the event too. Being France, for 10€ we will get an "apero" and a four-course lunch! Pictures to follow.
Our club secretary has also taken many pictures of the display at Sazeray last week. I'll post the interesting ones when I get them.
Our club secretary has also taken many pictures of the display at Sazeray last week. I'll post the interesting ones when I get them.
08-08-2016, 09:33 AM
#2894
08-08-2016, 02:32 PM
#2896
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I hope you noticed that I had removed my comments as they were in error; For Roman numerals I=1, V=5, X=10,L=50,C=100, D=500 and M=1000
08-08-2016, 03:45 PM
#2897
We posted within 2 minutes of each other. I went by your comments as I read it. I hope we're not getting into a hissy fit over something this trivial.
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08-08-2016, 10:49 PM
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Do You Ever Have Days Like This?
I replaced the fin on my WOT 4 XL and took the model to the flying field last Wednesday to test fly it. See post no 2799 for details of how the fin broke off in flight. Several years ago, having worn out two Kyosho manual fuel pumps, I replaced them with an American Southern R/C "Six Shooter" pump, apparently these will never wear out and so far this has proved to be the case. However, as a pump, they are not as efficient as the Japanese pumps in that you have to crank the handle more to fill a tank of a given size. I was duly cranking away and talking to our club's only other Englishman, Daniel Hunn, the pilot who had been flying the model when the fin snapped off. I explained that the tank was quite large but it seemed to be taking an inordinate amount of time to fill. Puzzled, I stopped cranking and noticed fuel dripping from the undercarriage. "How has fuel got there?" I asked myself. I removed the wing and found out. The rubber bung from the tank supplied with the kit had worked loose and there was at least a centimetre of wasted fuel sloshing around in the fuselage! I had been warned about the quality of fuel tanks supplied with ARTF kits but had taken no notice! I inverted the model and threw away all of that fuel. In the process I covered the receiver in fuel and melted the glue on the velcro straps that were holding it to the fuselage. I screwed up the bung good and tight but deemed it unsafe to fly the model that day and had a couple of flights with my Stick 1500. Having removed as much fuel as I could with rags and kitchen towel, I left the rest to evaporate in the sun.
I went home and found another tank. This was also supplied with some kit or other and had proved its worth. I see that it was produced by the "Super Flying Model Company." If you can imagine a white translucent tube with straight sides about 6" (15cms) long and 2.5" (6.5cms) high you'll have some idea of what it looks like. However, at the front of the tank there is an "ice breaker's prow" projecting forwards to prevent the fuel tubing from being crushed against the firewall in the event of ham-fisted construction or a sudden contact with terra firma! I tested the tank for leaks in the bathroom sink and it proved sound. I installed it in the model and went to the interclubs at Gueret with five of my colleagues. A sixth member was due to go with us but when we all met up prior to the journey to Gueret, we were told that his mother had died the previous day at the age of 83, after a long illness, so naturally, he would not be coming.
We got to the Gueret Club's field and dealt with all of the bureaucracy as this was an event to which the general public were invited. All the pilots had to wear plastic bracelets for example. I unloaded my van and put the XL onto the stand, connected the pump to the filler tube and turned the handle. The tank seemed to take an age to fill but I persevered. Wary by now, I looked down at the wheels and there was the fuel dripping from the undercarriage! Off with the wing, the fuselage was swimming in fuel as before but the tank was empty! How could this be? Out with the tank, throw away the fuel, find some kitchen towel, ( the French were characteristically providing us with a four-course lunch for 10€,) dry the model off. Inspect the tank, no sign of a leak. Curious, I inspected further.
This tank has the carburetter feed attached to the clunk line in the centre of the front face of the tank. Vertically above it there are two nipples, one for the fuel feed the other for the exhaust pressure pipe. In the past I must have used a two-pipe system on whichever model it was in because the lower of these two nipples was still capped off and there I was trying to force fuel into a tank through a blanked off feed nipple.
Naturally I didn't fly it on Sunday either!
I'll post some pictures of the event and of Sazeray when I receive them from the club secretary who is a far better photographer than me!
I replaced the fin on my WOT 4 XL and took the model to the flying field last Wednesday to test fly it. See post no 2799 for details of how the fin broke off in flight. Several years ago, having worn out two Kyosho manual fuel pumps, I replaced them with an American Southern R/C "Six Shooter" pump, apparently these will never wear out and so far this has proved to be the case. However, as a pump, they are not as efficient as the Japanese pumps in that you have to crank the handle more to fill a tank of a given size. I was duly cranking away and talking to our club's only other Englishman, Daniel Hunn, the pilot who had been flying the model when the fin snapped off. I explained that the tank was quite large but it seemed to be taking an inordinate amount of time to fill. Puzzled, I stopped cranking and noticed fuel dripping from the undercarriage. "How has fuel got there?" I asked myself. I removed the wing and found out. The rubber bung from the tank supplied with the kit had worked loose and there was at least a centimetre of wasted fuel sloshing around in the fuselage! I had been warned about the quality of fuel tanks supplied with ARTF kits but had taken no notice! I inverted the model and threw away all of that fuel. In the process I covered the receiver in fuel and melted the glue on the velcro straps that were holding it to the fuselage. I screwed up the bung good and tight but deemed it unsafe to fly the model that day and had a couple of flights with my Stick 1500. Having removed as much fuel as I could with rags and kitchen towel, I left the rest to evaporate in the sun.
I went home and found another tank. This was also supplied with some kit or other and had proved its worth. I see that it was produced by the "Super Flying Model Company." If you can imagine a white translucent tube with straight sides about 6" (15cms) long and 2.5" (6.5cms) high you'll have some idea of what it looks like. However, at the front of the tank there is an "ice breaker's prow" projecting forwards to prevent the fuel tubing from being crushed against the firewall in the event of ham-fisted construction or a sudden contact with terra firma! I tested the tank for leaks in the bathroom sink and it proved sound. I installed it in the model and went to the interclubs at Gueret with five of my colleagues. A sixth member was due to go with us but when we all met up prior to the journey to Gueret, we were told that his mother had died the previous day at the age of 83, after a long illness, so naturally, he would not be coming.
We got to the Gueret Club's field and dealt with all of the bureaucracy as this was an event to which the general public were invited. All the pilots had to wear plastic bracelets for example. I unloaded my van and put the XL onto the stand, connected the pump to the filler tube and turned the handle. The tank seemed to take an age to fill but I persevered. Wary by now, I looked down at the wheels and there was the fuel dripping from the undercarriage! Off with the wing, the fuselage was swimming in fuel as before but the tank was empty! How could this be? Out with the tank, throw away the fuel, find some kitchen towel, ( the French were characteristically providing us with a four-course lunch for 10€,) dry the model off. Inspect the tank, no sign of a leak. Curious, I inspected further.
This tank has the carburetter feed attached to the clunk line in the centre of the front face of the tank. Vertically above it there are two nipples, one for the fuel feed the other for the exhaust pressure pipe. In the past I must have used a two-pipe system on whichever model it was in because the lower of these two nipples was still capped off and there I was trying to force fuel into a tank through a blanked off feed nipple.
Naturally I didn't fly it on Sunday either!
I'll post some pictures of the event and of Sazeray when I receive them from the club secretary who is a far better photographer than me!
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