Greetings All,

I have been hanging around RCU for quite a while following many of these fine building threads. After much deliberation and "ho humming" I have finally decided to jump in and do my first thread for all the world to see.

The subject of this build thread will be the Top Flite Elder 40. I will be doing a few modifications to this plane by way of dual aileron servos and a larger rudder and maybe something else if I can come up with something interesting to show. Any ideas will be graciously welcomed. The finishing will be done in a non-iron-on fabric which will then be painted with fuel proof paint.

While doing this build I will try (as best I can) to keep track of the time (or should I say life) spent on this kit both in hours, weeks, months and (hopefully not) years and posting the data as I go along. I'm not sure why I want to keep track of the time spent other than that I think it would be interesting and informative.

I will be building this kit with magnets instead of the usual pinning method, so if you're interested in building with magnets plase stay tuned. I will also utilize, almost exclusively, wood glue and epoxy and maybe even one or two other "x-zotick" adhesives. The use of CA will be strictly limited as I don't like the fumes and it sands like, well, you know.

Now that I have got the introduction out of the way it's time to start sticking some wood together and posting photos. Please join me on this build and feel free to chime in at any time as all constructive comments will be greatly appreciated.




Until the Next Post,
Miguel