Bonanza Beachcraft info
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Bonanza Beachcraft info
I just got a Top Flight Bonanza Beachcraft today in a trade and wondered if anyone had laying around a new cowling,clear lens for the wing tips and a cockpit kit. I would like to redo this into a scale looking plane and need new stuff cause Top Flight does not carry these items any more.
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Doug
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Doug
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RE: Bonanza Beachcraft info
Your request is very easy to find the cowl can be purchased at Fiberglass Specialties part #TF-16 $38.00 they even have a fiberglass cabin top #TF-16C $45.00 and tail cone too TF-16A.
Have you ever seen a Topflight cockpit kit? OMG what a joke I bought one for my Topflight Mentor I was sadly disappointed with it. Many hours later with a great deal of work it was still just ok. I could have done better from scratch and so can you too very easily with limited modeling skills using pink sheet foam and acrylic paints. The pic below of the cockpit kit for my Mentor is after painting and detailing it was crap chunks of white plastic when I got it new a real joke. I made my own for my TF Mustang it would be real fun to do the Bonanza as well.
Lastly the lens is a real quick build, simply build and sand the wing tips as normal then save some flat sheet plastic from a kids toy package or buy some. Have a friend help you heat it up with a heat gun and pull it around the wing tip let it cool. Pop it off trim it up notch out the tip glue on the lens presto easy. Red and green high intensity LEDs can be used for lighting under th new lens run the wires before sheeting the wing of course. I found some cool pics for you of a sweet Bonanza. With a bit of photoshop work you could use this glass cockpit Bonanza photo for your dash panel I can do it for you if you would like me to.
http://www.fiberglassspecialtiesinc.com/catalog.htm
Have you ever seen a Topflight cockpit kit? OMG what a joke I bought one for my Topflight Mentor I was sadly disappointed with it. Many hours later with a great deal of work it was still just ok. I could have done better from scratch and so can you too very easily with limited modeling skills using pink sheet foam and acrylic paints. The pic below of the cockpit kit for my Mentor is after painting and detailing it was crap chunks of white plastic when I got it new a real joke. I made my own for my TF Mustang it would be real fun to do the Bonanza as well.
Lastly the lens is a real quick build, simply build and sand the wing tips as normal then save some flat sheet plastic from a kids toy package or buy some. Have a friend help you heat it up with a heat gun and pull it around the wing tip let it cool. Pop it off trim it up notch out the tip glue on the lens presto easy. Red and green high intensity LEDs can be used for lighting under th new lens run the wires before sheeting the wing of course. I found some cool pics for you of a sweet Bonanza. With a bit of photoshop work you could use this glass cockpit Bonanza photo for your dash panel I can do it for you if you would like me to.
http://www.fiberglassspecialtiesinc.com/catalog.htm
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RE: Bonanza Beachcraft info
Here is another way to do your lens after you build the wingtip and sand it smooth ready to finish cut the notch for the light save the wood notch cut-out. Add some 3/32 balsa sheet stock to the two flat sides for your overlap. Heat some packaging plastic (see photos below this was a lipstick package of my daughters) work the plastic around you mold with the heat gun on the table don't let it get to thin, let it cool trim it you're done.
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RE: Bonanza Beachcraft info
Thanks for the info. I have seen two cabin kits anf both were around $50.00 which I think is WAY over priced. I would be interested if you have the time to do the dash cause I have never done it before or even would not know where to start.
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Doug
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Doug