Scratchie

I have not been able to find a build thread for a Royall Spitfire. I'm wondering is there an engine/muffler configuration that would fit inside the cowl? Pics of your engine placement would be appreciated. Also, does the Royal 60 size have any gull wing features?

Thanks

bigtim

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knowing what I do about Royal planes the front end cowl area is a bunch of wood blocks that need to be shaped into a nose, I built a FW190A8 and did several mods to resemble the construction techniques used by Top Flite rather than the wood block structures that Royal has for there models.
I ended up making a plug for the cowl area and casting a fiberglass cowl so I could have better airflow and a more modern airplane this isn't a Spitfire but here is my build thread and what I did as far as modifications.

I cant speak to the Spitfire but my FW190 had a note on the plans for a scale empennage if one would like to build that with a note that the plane was allot harder to fly with the smaller tail section I opted to make the regular larger control surfaces http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-w...l-fw190a8.html

Scratchie

Thanks for the thread. I've gotten pretty good at vacuum molding 0.40 styrene, and may make some parts out of styrene molds from the wood carvings.

bigtim

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thats next on my to do list is make a vac forming table I have been wanting to pull some parts and canopy's you used to be able to get parts off ebay for Royal planes but now the best place is fiberglass specialties http://www.fiberglassspecialtiesinc.com/catalog.htm i have purchased several items from them and they were very good quality offerings,

Scratchie

After a few try's it was easy to vacuum form. Here are some Royal B-17 cowls I made, saved about 12-13 oz I think.