Fast Freddy

[8D] Hi Sid, We meet again! Beautiful job! You're lucky you got your hands on this kit. Beldone models, a Canadian company has since gone out of business. Did you purchase this kit through Canada? Kit looks like it went together fairly well. I'm trying to find a source for this plane in the US, but so far have not had much luck. 2 Canadian companies produce the kit. www.mraerodesign.ca makes one, but it is huge, costs $440.00 for the complete kit. Also, www.kmp.ca makes one with an all fiberglass fuselage, something very desirable in flying boats as they are less likely to leak. I don't know, will have to think about this one.

Carry on.

siddus74

Freddy,

I ordered the kit from RTModels, but I strongly advise against it as they striped my credit card 3 timess then took 8 months to deliver the kit and the wood was of shocking quality . . .

Just tried there website and it looks like they packed in - there is a massive thread about people being ripped off by these people, however using the 'webarchive service' you can see what the web page used to look like > > >

[link=http://web.archive.org/web/20080121190732/http://www.rtmodels.com/CL-415.html]http://web.archive.org/web/20080121190732/http://www.rtmodels.com/CL-415.html[/link]

I have a source for the plans only here (they are of excellent quality - best I have seen) > > > [link=http://www.kionastore.com/plan-1070.html]http://www.kionastore.com/plan-1070.html[/link]

I also confirmed that the plan was indeed be Anton Elsele > > >

I ordered the plans as well because I didnt think I would ever receive the kit so I have an untouched set as well now.

Fast Freddy

[8D] Thanks for the heads up Sid! I was hoping I could find a well made kit for the CL-415 as I just don't have the time to do a scratch built plane from plans. kmp.ca and mraerodesign.ca are options.

siddus74

Glassing repairs done , the repaint can wait I feel . . . The increase in strength is quite unbelievable - I could take this down the pond now and be totally confident it would not take on any water. I swear by the fibertech finishing epoxy . . .