ProfLooney

What happened to here she was at one time on mud Island did the remove her?

IFLYRC-RCU

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[quote]ORIGINAL: ProfLooney

What happened to here she was at one time on mud Island did the remove her?



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Moved due to neglect and an outside display. A little urban damage as well .. BUT

Now going through full restoration at Wright Pat in Dayton Ohio. Evrything will be "new" [ aka restored ]

We went and saw her when she was first moved.. sad shape..

Went back 6 years later and .....

Now, it has gone through a vitual full restoration with complete accuracy and attention to detail .... here's a few pics...

You can go see it too.. but you have to sign up ahead of time for a Behind the Scenes tour. Very cool stuff over there! [ Not to mention the full Air Force Museam !]

MEMPHISBELLE

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I have take a vacation from the plane for awhile. Just really burnt out. I have been working mostly non stop for the last year and a half and had just put off my own stuff for way to long. I talked with Cal and have a new finish date of the end of this year. I do have the fuse and all tail surfaces panel lined and will be starting the panel lines on the wings soon. I will post pics when I get back to it.

Scar

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Wes,

Wanna relax flying one of your old planes?

Dave Olson

ProfLooney

I wanted to do one them in 6th scale but when I called they wouldnt sell just the plans and 3k all at once is way too much for me

Speedracer2112

I have the 1/9th scale. I thought about the 1/6th but you are correct, $3000 is just greedy. The $3500 for the gear is even more greedy. Delivery and customer service is simply a nightmare. Mike has pretty much given up on the planes. The stats just are not there. Most of the planes were purchased in 2008 and very few are complete. You will find many comments like this one. "I have take a vacation from the plane for awhile. Just really burnt out."

Save your money and buy 10 other planes and keep your sanity.

On the bright side. With thousands of $$$ and thousands of hours, you could have this.......

This is the right wing upper and lower. Approximately 50,000 rivets on the wing alone and 140,000 on the plane total.

The full thread is here.

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/...TID=17751&PN=1

ProfLooney

well I have someone has the planset when they were selling plans he is going to sell me for the 6th scale so hopefully soon Iwill have the plans then can do my cad magic and go through all the threads and make changes that others did and build me one

paulo 34

Hi Memphisbelle

nice work on this Big B17.

I know you fly a Don Smith 1/9 B17.

because i'm about doing the maiden of mine, can you tell me if you balance your model as shown on the plan (27%) ?

And can you indicate the final weight of you 1/9 memphisbelle, she is a great flier !

Thanks a lot for the answer.

Peter_OZ

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till the tail feathers flapped themselves to death . . .

Peter_OZ

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from what I heard Steve changed props from solos to normal 3 bladers, dunno make etc but they provided a lot more oomph. Was it full throttle? No idea but appears in the vid to be going pretty fast. Stab and or elevators started to flutter and before he could back off the stab broke off.

He now has an even larger Catalina flying but a birdy told me a new B17 is in the process ....

ticketec

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Yep, I spoke to him the other day about it and the solo's were not on for the fateful flight.

Dunno bout a "little" birdy, but here's the proof.

http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/...TID=19233&PN=1

Thanks

dave

MEMPHISBELLE

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I have been back at it for some time now. I have finished the fuse and sprayed it green. I finished the panel lines and surface detail on the wings last night. I sprayed the sealer primer on and will be droping rivets this week.

MEMPHISBELLE

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and more pictures

Fly4Real

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Simply AWESOME!

acdii

Wow. It has been nearly a year since those pilots were placed, bet they have to pee something fierce by now! That is some amazing work. Panel lines are the hardest part, especially considering the panels overlap each other and the thousands of rivets needed to put it all together(ask me how I know). Showing that pic with the two cars really shows the scale of this plane.

MEMPHISBELLE

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I used up my sunday laying some paint. Still a little work to do.

Cal Branton

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Needless to say I am very pleased.

acdii

When you are done with that, come on over and work on the Rat too. Its a little bigger than the one you are building.

Cal Branton

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Some recent photos

MEMPHISBELLE

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Working on the paint

acdii

Is it just the lighting, or is it two different colors?

Speedracer2112

Different light sources. LED flash, florescent and incandescent. To get the true color you have to take the plane outside. I've been upset once. Won't happen again.

F4u5

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Great work as usual Wes....looking great.

Fun fact: I ended up with Ziroli Razor Jug fuse that you had started. She is now completed in my favorite "Little Demon" scheme and RTF.

Hope to see "The Belle" at Toledo.

Jeff Q

MEMPHISBELLE

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Funny how things travel around. I always wished I'd finished that one. This bomber is putting me into retirement and it will be at Toledo. That's if my wife has not ran it over with the truck and filed for divorce. If that happens I will be living with cal. lol

F4u5

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I can't even imagine the amount of work you have into that 17. Take care.

Jeff