This is my last bash of sorts, just finished it. Sig Spacewalker 11 1/4 scale. When I bought the kit I already had plans for it, I did not care for the looks of the fuselage but saw some promise in my changes and the 84" wing had to be made a 3 piece to transport it in a 6" PU box. Wings first : make up new ribs to support the tubes was really all I had to do to them, the center section would be epoxied to fuse after paint.

I installed 1/4 scale Robart Cub gear to center section and made the wing tips, servo control is stock from the plans. Covering is Solartex, wings and tail only.

Fuselage was built from plans but was contoured and sheeted with 1/16" plank and glassed. Upper deck and cockpit are removable and added a nice head rest, I was influenced by the Ryan STA, love the look of it and it sure changed the character of the SW.
All covering is stitched and taped which I made up myself, fuselage and center section has pannel lines and hand laid 1/16" real aluminum rivets punched from litho plate and heat bonded to primer one at a time. I steped out of the box on the paint job which is automotive base coat / clear coat, the graphics are hand cut from paint mask vinyl and came out pretty nice considering they were my first at doing this.

Engine is a DLE 35CC RA and the dummy is a Top Notch 1/4 scale kit.

I accpmplished what I set out to do, make a SW like no other and I really like it. It only goes to show what can be done to alot of these planes and end up with something very special.

Leroy