le fou

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Edwin,

Thank you so much for the explanation and the pictures. How did you match the covering after you did the modification? Did you use solartex and then you painted it?

Thanks a lot,

Le fou

Edwin

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I didnt. The cmp zero comes in a dark green. I changed it to off white. I got lucky, ultracoat offwhite (I think), almost matches perfect with rustoleum cream. Good enough for sport warbirds. I had way too much trouble with paint chipping on the flying surfaces so I striped it off.
Edwin

Warbirdsanonymous

Hey guys:

Thought I would pass along a little info regarding the red patches found on some WWII warbirds. Those patches were actually for aiding the pilot in detecting certain types of poison gas used by the Nazis. They would charge color if exposed to poison gas.

Cheers

dditch

I built up a CMP Spitfire from Nitroplanes.com
Well built for what Ipaid for. Staff at Nitroplanes are good to deal with in my experiance when using the forums. This was not my first purchase from them. I'm still working to modify the wheel wells. I'm going to expand mine out and put larger diameter wheels. Ithink I'll angle things so the wheels point forwards some too.


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limodune

Found a NIB CMP 120 Spitfire a couple of months back and I am just making a start on it, I want to make it look more scale'ish looking so there is some bashing to be done, the cowl, cockpit, a new canopy, fin and rudder, ailerons and split flaps all to be modded, so far I have got work done on the cowling, cockpit and and trimmed the new canopy to suit

limodune

I got the tail finished and new rudder made, extended it 2'', looks a lot more scale know, just got to add paint to the cowl cockpit area and cover the rudder to make it look pretty again

Mike


Used foam and thin glass for the 2''extension





New rudder made to suit

limodune

The making good is all done and undercoated, now just needs finishing paint

Mike

limodune

A bit more progress with the spitfire, canopy to paint and then I will start installing servo's and push rods

Mike

limodune

Motor mount/battery box is now made up and installed also the motor and ESC --getting there

Mike

limodune

I have got the Spitfire ready for it's maiden, Sunday is looking a good day, after a few flights I will give it more detail, panel lines and weathering, I have fitted larger wheels for grass so I am making new FG wheel cover to suit

Mike

limodune

Got the Spitfire maiden'ed and 7 other flight's, it flies very well could not be more happy with it, only change after the maiden and for the next 3 flights was to move the C of G more forward as the plane flew tail heavy, I had to put 3 oz of lead on the tail to get the C of G at 120 the forward mark, I ended up removing 2-1/2 oz and the C of G changed to108mm, Il get a couple of more flight days in and then it will go back to the hanger to get larger spit flaps added more detailing and weathering

Mike

limodune

A bit more progress, cf wheel covers added, pilot painted and the over sized cut outs for the prop on the spinner fill in with fg and then painted black, getting there

Mike

PikeStaff

Nice work, Limo! Plane looks great - and the bigger tail adds a lot to that. Fast question - whose retracts did you use, and how have they held up?

Thanks!

limodune

Thanks
Some work but was happy with the result, I use the Hobby King retracts for large planes, they work fine no problems

Mike

limodune

Never got around to posting the mods to the wing for more scale size ailerons and split flaps, here they are,
Still flying and enjoying this plane

Mike