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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/22/2005 1:49:32 AM   
timothy thompson


 

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/23/2005 3:23:21 AM   
rt3232


 

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I would NOT tell any one to change from somthing they are comfortable with. But befor I built my first gaint corsair I read the wight up's from RC Report and RCmodler, then I got my kit after reading the instructions and duing an inventory it just looked like some weight could be saved in all of the laminates, The groilla glue adds were on TV at the time, so the engineer in me seaid run some test, I haft to admit I was superised that it was at least as strong as epoxy and lighter, A word of CAUTION if you us it brush it on both serfaces, then take a plastic card and squegee off the rest just leave a sheen of glue put both parts together and mush them around align up the parts and clamp VARY well, alow to sit about 30 min and double check your alignment if you weight longer you don't have a chanch of correcting. I ran about a half doz samples to teach my self the best way for me. Iwould suggest that you try it on somthing or do some test your self if you then feel warm and fuzzy with it go for it ... Clamp it tight and stright, it does work.
One outher thing I might add is I carfuly sanded down to my glue joint on all of my samples and I found small air pockets in all but the grollia glue. and the epoxy was the werst, I belive becouse I did not have a means to apply enough pressure. On this new build I am duing all of laminates with grollia glue NO joints those will be CA's or epoxy's

Will have some more pic's late next week...

Watch out for my spelling as I did this between honey do's and going to dinner
Bob T

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/30/2005 2:51:23 AM   
pajaro


 

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/30/2005 6:26:05 AM   
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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/30/2005 12:30:27 PM   
rt3232


 

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/30/2005 1:11:47 PM   
rt3232


 

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I can't seem to get my latest pic's to up load. these were taken with a camera developed by wall mart, and digitized JPEG format, when I get to ok I get a window ( pic' is not supported ) any suggestions


Bob T

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/31/2005 10:48:16 AM   
rt3232


 

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still trying to upload the pic's

Bob T

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/31/2005 5:53:34 PM   
bosssman


 

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Tell me about it!!!!! I am selling a LOT of my old Mustang car stuff on Ebay which is taking up a LOT of my time. My problem is I have the pics, just not the time to sit here, upload, and comment on my progress. I hope to be able to do something during the "lull" this evening. Maybe between the two of us, we can show some progress to the rest of the "corsair gang".....

randy

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/31/2005 8:42:49 PM   
rt3232


 

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Bob T


it said it uploaded

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/31/2005 8:53:13 PM   
rt3232


 

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Status: offline 		Finally. well what I am trying to show hear is the amount of lighing holes I am using after cutting the holes I sand and then hit them with thin ca.. like I said in my babbling the hole scrap mtl, has a weight of about 21/2 oz, and my goal is to not have to add any weight in the nose.

Now that I have figured out how to upload these last wal-mart specials will try to do some more later

Bob Tl

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/31/2005 11:23:45 PM   
rt3232


 

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 7/31/2005 11:30:19 PM   
rt3232


 

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Status: offline 		well figured out how to do 2 at a time, the secoud pic was to show how far I had to drop the floor board to get a full body pilot to fit right, I think everything else speahs for it self..

Bob T

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RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair - 8/3/2005 2:00:43 AM