RE: Another 4*60 on the building board
No new build picks yet, the fuse doublers are drying. I did make some modifications to my covering design. It is getting better, but I think I agree that it is the bottom that makes me feel like it is a little cheesy. Neither of my LT's are easy to tell bottom from top and so I want to make sure to design this one to be able to tell easily even at a distance. Guess just need to keep playing with it.
RCKen, I know about the windex method and, since it only works with monocote, I think I am going to stick with monocote. It is my favorite so far anyway. I'll try ultracote on some future project I suppose. I LOVE the magnetic building board idea. Right now I am working in the corner of my office. Not conducive to fancy building systems or electric tools. As soon as I can convince my wife to let me buy the large TuffShed that I want for a workshop, I will definitely be building myself a system like you use. I read that thread about the flag covering a while back. Don't tell anyone hehe, but I didn't like a lot of the schemes. Maybe it is my art training forcing me to see the unrealistic 3d effects, but I must say, yours is very convincing and I like it a lot! I really want to get to the point where I can do some of those super nice fancy covering schemes. I would attempt something fancy with this build, but I think the 4* begs for something more classy than extreme.
I am going to use tri-stock to strengthen the servo rails. Doesn't seem complicated at all. While I am not going to put screws in from the bottom, I was considering pinning them with toothpicks. What do ya'll think about that?
BTW, I want to thank everyone for livening up this thread. I really appreciate it!
Patrick