stevegauth30

Yet another reason I LOVE Nelson's paint. I just heard from John, 1 hour if it's warm out. So I put a piece of tape on the under side of the H stab and I'll leave it there for a few hours and see how it holds up. I really can't see why it wouldn't. This paint is super tough. Once it dries, your stuck with it, you really can't get it off. I honestly haven't found one single thing not to like about the paint. And no, I don't get a discount for talking it up, I just like the stuff. Hey, that's an idea. DISCOUNT! Yeah!

stevegauth30

Getting there. No more work until tonight though. Taking the fam for a hike to our favorite spot on the river for lunch. Good day for it. Too windy to fly. I peeled the tape under the H stab and all went well. This paint is pretty tough. I'll start masking tonight.

skylark-flier

Hey guys, just consider that I'm a total novice at this paint stuff - I see lots of refs to Nelson's paints, and I've looked at the website, and I'm not finding it. What specific type of paint are you using from Nelson's? I've used SIG dope almost exclusively since the late 1960's, no experience at all with other paints. Looking at Nelson's for covering my SIG Stratus when it's finished, and just don't know anything at all about it. Fuelproof? What to use as a base coat? Etc, etc etc.

stevegauth30

Hi Dave. Were all really novices here. Well, at least I am. This is only my second ever paint job. EVER. It's a poly urethane yacht paint made by a company called systems three. It's an industrial type paint and it's really tough. In my opinion. From what I understand, it's basicaly a clear gloss with pigment added. There's no base coat needed other than primer on fiberglass, but with solartex none needed. It's water clean up with hardly an odor. Smells a little like cat pee if anything, but with ventilation you hardly smell it. Very easy to use. John, the current owner, is a heck of a guy to deal with. He'll work with you for anything you need and walk you through your first paint job. He wants you to be successful just as much as you. Here's the link. Hope this helps.
http://www.nelsonhobby.com

go on the site and click on contact us, and either call him or send a email telling him what you want, and he'll make sure you get what you need. Oh yeah, add x- linker ( which you'll get with your paint) and it's fuel proof.

stevegauth30

Another thing, I have nothing to compare it to. Like I said, only my second paint job and both were Nelson's. Just worked for me.

stevegauth30

Here I was thinking that this simple trim scheme would be, I don't know, maybe simple? Not. At least not for me. It came out ok, but there's plenty wrong if you look. I still have some touch up to do, but she's pretty much painted. Notice the wings drooping. The struts are very much functional. I still need to do a final check of the incidences, dihedrals and such and solder up the clevises. It's getting closer. Tonight if I get to work in the shop I'll maybe install the windows and frames.

flyingagin

Looking mighty nice there Steve, mighty nice.

Now back to my after church BBQ

Ken

TomCrump

Very very, nice !

stevegauth30

Thanks guys. I'm happy with it. I've been working on the windows, but there slow going. Those tiny screws are making me crazy.

skylark-flier

Geez, I'm just going to echo everyone else - very nice, indeed.

Yeah, looked Nelson's website up, now have it saved and an e-mail sent with a few minor detail questions. Yeah, I like it. They'll get my next paint job, which will probably be my 1966-era Stratus.

TomCrump

The finish, at least when I used it, reminds me of dope, not in the application, but in the final look. It would be as appropriate for your Stratus as it is on a Rearwin !

FlyerInOKC

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I love the orange color I can see it will have advantages for old eyes like mine to see when she is in the air!

TomCrump

Ya. It's pretty hard to miss an orange glow.

I think the Rearwin will look great in the sky.

I don't currently have a predominantly orange airframe. I may have to change that.

stevegauth30

Tom, the Great lakes looks great in orange.

TomCrump

I bet it would., or how about something like this ?

stevegauth30

Now that would be cool. A bit past my skill level, but sweet none the less.

TomCrump

It's perfectly within your skill level. I know who can do it in vinyl.

To tell the truth, the GL is being covered in green and tan. They are the two colors that I had enough to cover the model with.

I hope that it doesn't end up looking like a poor man's camo job. LOL

stevegauth30

Couple years ago I built an entire plane out of scraps. It was a plan from MAN, a small electric. Even the covering was scraps. I had all the servos and motor and esc, so I think it ended up costing me something like $4.00 to build because I needed some CA. Pretty cool lil plane. Still got it, although it's been stripped for parts.

stevegauth30

Well the side windows came out good. Now, I'm scratching my head looking at the front glass. Not sure if I should try and attach the glass to the frame and install it in one piece, or install the glass, then mount the frame to it. Either way, it may be tricky. For the side frames, I already had the holes drilled in the frames so I put the glass ( plastic) under the frames and match drilled the holes through the plastic. Then I ran a bead of canopy glue around the windows on the plane, set the glass on, and ran another bead on the glass. Finally I set the frames on the glass and put the tiny screws in. PITA. Well, not too bad really. But can't do it that way with the front.

skylark-flier

Outstanding!!!!!! If I'm not mistaken, isn't that a C.W. Travellaire?

TomCrump

I know nothing about it, except that it is a Travelaire. If you have a link to some pics, I'd appreciate it.

I like the Art Deco design. I do plan to incorporate it into a future model. I build "scale" models, but since I don't compete, I build them the way I would build a full size if I had the $$$$ it requires to do it. That gives me license to custumize my models to my personal tastes.

Steve; A couple Winters ago, I built my Monoprep with little out of pocket expense. I had the plans, some wood and the covering. A friend donated a 61 four stroke. I spent $$$ on paint, and a pair of Williams Bros wheels.

sprpisea

This is very interesting to me. I have Bridi's kit and will build sometime.Lord willing. About 1950, I had the opportunity to fly a speedster with a 9 foot wing, U control, no less. It used a Super cyclone ignition engine and no gear reduction. It barely flew. The plane was built by a distant cousin of mine from plans for the real plane. The fellow who crashed the plane, still has the engine. Maybe I can get some good tips and enough energy to start my own. Before I went to college, I was building a four foot (or so) model of a speedster and had it about 60% finished, I never went back to it and moved to Seattle to work for Boeing. I wonder what happened to that model but building a speedster has been on my "bucket list" for a while and maybe this will get me going.

skylark-flier

Geez, talk about slouthing and getting nowhere - in all the web there are exactly 6 pics of that gorgeous bird, and very little information. Here's everything I found:

1929 Curtiss-Wright Travel Air D-4-D, #NC472N. Currently seems to reside in California, somewhere.

All 6 pics:

FlyerInOKC

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FAA Registration shows:
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[TR]
[TD]Serial Number
[/TD]
[TD]1362 [/TD]
[TD]Status[/TD]
[TD]Valid[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Manufacturer Name[/TD]
[TD]TRAVEL AIR [/TD]
[TD]Certificate Issue Date[/TD]
[TD]02/13/2009[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Model[/TD]
[TD]D-4-D [/TD]
[TD]Expiration Date[/TD]
[TD] 09/30/2016[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Type Aircraft[/TD]
[TD]Fixed Wing Single-Engine[/TD]
[TD]Type Engine[/TD]
[TD]Reciprocating[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pending Number Change[/TD]
[TD]None[/TD]
[TD]Dealer[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Date Change Authorized[/TD]
[TD]None[/TD]
[TD]Mode S Code (base 8 / oct)[/TD]
[TD]51344664 [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]MFR Year[/TD]
[TD]1929[/TD]
[TD]Mode S Code (base 16 / hex)[/TD]
[TD]A5C9B4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Type Registration[/TD]
[TD]Individual[/TD]
[TD]Fractional Owner[/TD]
[TD]NO [/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[h=3]Registered Owner[/h] [TABLE="class: Boxed, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]ZEILER RICHARD [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Street[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]12 SANTA TERESA [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]City[/TD]
[TD]RCHO STA MARG [/TD]
[TD]State[/TD]
[TD]CALIFORNIA [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]County[/TD]
[TD]ORANGE [/TD]
[TD]Zip Code[/TD]
[TD]92688-2546[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Country[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]UNITED STATES [/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[h=3]Airworthiness[/h] [TABLE="class: Boxed, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD]Engine Manufacturer[/TD]
[TD]LYCOMING [/TD]
[TD]Classification[/TD]
[TD]Standard[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Engine Model[/TD]
[TD]R680E3B [/TD]
[TD]Category[/TD]
[TD]Other[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"] [/TD]
[TD]A/W Date[/TD]
[TD]09/29/2013[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4"]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

stevegauth30

I know the feeling Dave. I've been hunting for info on the Langley twin. A 1940's twin made from plastic bonded mahogany. ( what ever that means.) also, this speedster. Being only 12 made of the 6000 model, and only one ever made of the 6000M like this one. Not a lot out there. I have to say, I'm a little bummed out that Eric Rearwin never came through with the documentation like he said he would. Oh well, it was neat just being able to converse with the man. Here's the Langley twin.