cbooth1979

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Thanks for the reply. I was thinking is was fine but I thought I would ask others what there thoughts were. Are you using the stock elevator setup? I re-soldered my torque links with silver solder to be safe. So far its pretty much slop free but ill test it more when I have the system powered up. If it doesn't seem good Ill change to servos mounted in the stabs.

Thanks for the info btw!

-Carl

tow

Trying again to load up a few pics. This is how it looks at this stage. I apologize for the messy workroom.

leider

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Reassurance came from the horse mouth :-)

Carl I'm not using the original elevator setup, if you have a look at post #158 you will see
4-40 rod, brass tube, both silver soldered, drilled and ball link bolted.

Daniel

tow

I too reinforced the elevator-linkage in similar way. There is a little play in the setup and I`m not too happy with that, but I`ve been reassured this will have little significance. Let`s hope this is true........

fred cesquim

looks great Tow! congratulations!
i have started to paint too, just miss the wings now.
weather is bad and i have to paint outside, so i need to wait for the rain to stop...also, re-doing the rivets is time consuming...

fred cesquim

sheīs ready for the red dress and stars trim!

tow

Looking great!

tow

Here`s mine

fred cesquim

good looking bird, please show
more pictures!

tow

Thank you! More pics will come when the weather turns. Have to drag the thing outdoor for assembling as it`s too big for the workshop.

leider

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Craig B.

Awesome work guys! Great weathering leider....very realistic.

tow

Agree - but I got warned to be careful not to over-do it. Bear in mind that practically all Migs (at least in the period 1952-1957) were delivered aluminium paint-coated, not bare metal, so the joints and fasteners in the airframe will not be as visible as one should think.

Dave Wilshere

Great deal in Europe on a Mig 15 kit with CARF's weekly offers!

leider

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Tow is right , up to where I know 15's where painted out from the factory with clear coat mixed with aluminum powder 7 - 10 %, so if scale accuracy is a goal that paint look should be a way to go.

cbooth1979

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Leider, Great looking airplane, mine is getting close to that stage. Where did you get your "stars" for the tail/fuse? Your weathering looks excellent IMO!

Thanks for the info,

-Carl

jetster81

Must be me Dave, I cannot find anything on the Carf site?

leider

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Carl the star I downloaded from the internet, a local shop cut the mask in thin vinyl, paint is matt red and white enamel thinned down and applied with airbrush.

http://future.wikia.com/wiki/File:20...d_star.svg.png

tow

where?

leider

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When I first assemble the fuselage find out that parts where build ok but they where slightly distort so they where gently bended with the assistance of a hair dryer until there where no spaces left and they sit flat against each other, after a few weeks they move back to where they where leaving those annoying spaces.

This is the solution I came up with, it prove strong and stable, fit the part, find the point where distortion is bigger, disassemble, fix a Kevlar control cable piece with a drop of medium cyano, make a tiny hole in a rivet opposite to it, pass the Kevlar through the hole, assemble, pull the Kevlar gently put a cyano drop when you like the fit, cut the Kevlar and it looks like this.

leider

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How you guys fix the nose wheel landing gear to stop it from moving in all directions ?

kimhey

I donīt.... mine was bad in the beginning, and horrible now after +/- 100 flights. Ground operations (low and high speed) is still great for some reason

tow

Anybody stiffening up the LG springs? I notice mine sitting on its wheels is compressing the shocks all the way - without fuel that is..........???

kimhey

Yes I did...after 3 or 4 flights. It is not very scale like, but works very well indeed! I will get photos, stand by

kimhey

The stock struts have close to no practical suspension, which I found quite disappointing considering the struts are from a well known manufacturer...
When I disassembled the strut, I found a very small spring, which by nature can never work properly. I removed it, and mounted a bigger one one the outside instead. Not very scale-like, but it works. I now get some 10-12mm suspension, compared to zero.. Full of fuel, I now have to put some force on the model to compress the springs.

Here are some picture of my L/G and cockpit/access hatch (for some reason, RCU rotates pic 1,2 and 4 by itself