gary43

Good to hear Don.  It is always great to watch you build.

grover1

I'm still waiting for my kit to turn up
!@!# Christmas post service is so flat out .
Australia Post in QLD has put on 600 more staff just to handle all the delivery's .
So I may or may not get it before Christmas.

Greg

grover1

Just an update on the SE5a .
Well what can I say it's Christmas Eve and the last post has just been delivered .
Guess what?? NO !@!!@ KIT .
It must be on a slow boat from China .
God the German post is !@!@# slow .[:@][:@]
The kit might turn up some time in January I !@!# hope .
I bet the Brian Taylor 70" Hawker hurricane I ordered from England will get here long before the SE5a does

To All have a happy Christmas and a safe New Year

Greg

abufletcher

No tracking? Chris usually ships with DHL.

grover1

Yes Don
I do have tracking number
I have tried to track it but this is what I get
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Greg

abufletcher

Well, at least you know that DHL has it. With the Xmas rush and shipping halfway around the world you've got to expect delays. To save money I decided not to go back to the US duing the Xmas/New Year holiday and I won't teach again until January 6th. So I think I'll get started on my SE5a.

Oberst

Very nice gun! I love Solartex.

Pete

gary43

Well I got started on mine over the last 2 days.  I may be in over my head.  I am use to having instructions with the kits I have built like the BUSA, Top Flite, and SIG kits.  This is definitely going to stretch my ability having to decide myself what to do next.  Don - please post a lot of pictures as you go.  I have put together the two sides and that is as far as I got before going back to work today.  Grover1- I hope yours shows up soon.  It took about 6 weeks to get my kit from Chris here in the US.

abufletcher

Slowly the pressure is building and I expect I'll get going in the next few days.

grover1

A new update on the Kit
Well it is now in Hamburg
That is 30 days from posting it it is still in Fu#@ing Germany
Now I can see why the Germans lost the War

I have had stuff posted from most times I will receive it within
U.S max 2 weeks
UK max 1 week
Hong Kong max 1 week

So what is up with the German Postal service .I know it is SH@T

Have a happy New Year Guy's

abufletcher

Yeah, but from Hamburg they're going to be be posting it directly to OZ...by V2 rocket!

grover1

Well I did say my Brian Taylor 70" Hawker hurricane would be here before the SE5a does
It did the plans and the kit form Bob Holman arrived today. Not to bad 1 week form the U.S
A big thank you to Bob Holman
The Cowl ,canopy and alum spinner are in Sydney and will be here tomorrow .
So the Hurricane will be built first.

The SE5a will be done next year if it gets here .
I will not hold me breath but . [:@][:@]

Greg

abufletcher

For the sort of highly scale build you were planning for the SE5a, it would be a multi-year project anyway. So many you can just just work on it on the side. The CDScaleDesigns SE5a is a great little kit and I'm enjoying building mine. But to bring it up to the level of scale realism of the Replicraft drawings would involved some considerable alteration.

So where's the kit at the moment?

grover1

on a slow boat some where.
The last update was on the 30/12/2010 = between Hamburg and Australia

Greg

abufletcher

Well, as long as it's not that slow boat to China! So the Hurricane kit, is this a full kit or just a short kit of cut-parts?

grover1

Don
The Hurricane is a short kit .
I have all the other wood and Balsa I need in my stock pile.

This will be my first plane with working landing gear and flaps .
I still have to order the retracts for it .

With all the info over on RCSCALEBUILDER about the BT Hurricane
I should have all the help I need

Greg

abufletcher

Will this be your first "warbird" style build? I'm occasionally tempted but it sometimes seems like getting into a whole different building hobby. That, and I'm too cheap to be paying several hundred bucks for retracts.

grover1

Yes Don this will be my first "warbird".
The retracts I have been looking at are just as much as the Motor if not more.
I may or may not be doing a build thread on this one .

abufletcher

Just enjoy!

grover1

Thanks Don
I will enjoy
The plan is to do the Australian pilot, Sgt. Charles Bryce Watson of the RAF 174 Squadron
Hangar 11 Collection in the UK has re-build his plan

[link]http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?codesearch=BE505/XP-L&distinct_entry=true[/link]

geezeraviation

My Feedback: (3)

The linen Solartex from Mick Reeves is rumored to be the politically correct color for British aircraft, and you say service from England is good so....... It's one less coat of paint as the natural and painted colors all weigh the same.
Doc

abufletcher

If you're talking about linen Solartex for the eventual SE5a, I have to disagree. The linen solartex is far too yellow for British CDL, which was/is more of a egg-shell white.

TFF

Mick on his website says he has Solartex make him special batches of the correct color. It would be nice if someone had a swatch of it and the others to see what it is like.

geezeraviation

My Feedback: (3)

I'm no expert on colors for linen and I'm not sure if such a category exhists but Mick claims as TFF said that his linen is specially made for him. Eggshell white....the antique would possibly qualify then.
Doc

Nieuport nut

My Feedback: (10)

I would not get pedantic about CDL - there are too many variables with many manufacturers and ages of material. Paint is another matter - easy to specify a formula - and yet look at the discussions on PC10! The weight of the fabric is probably much more consistent than its colour, and therefore the translucency is more consistent.

Martin