Before you start building...
03-14-2004 | 12:55 AM
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RE: Before you start building...
One other thing, and this I learned from my Grandfather. If it is worth doing, it is worth doing right. There will be time when we will be doing something, and I will think that it is good 'nuff, but Papa holds me back and says "Wait a minute". I am ALWAYS glad when he does that. It has ranged from insignificant to me wanting to cut off (not on purpose 
) the wrong arm on a servo [sm=surprised.gif][sm=eek.gif]
) the wrong arm on a servo [sm=surprised.gif][sm=eek.gif]
03-14-2004 | 11:44 PM
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RE: Before you start building...
Before you start. . .
The first kit I ever built was a Guillows Cub, about 1964. I was about eight.
I remember that the first step in the instructions was to read the instructions, while examining the plans, from beginning to end before putting glue to balsa. I have used this procedure on almost every model I have built since. I highly recommend it for beginners.
I don't always do it anymore. Since I !QUOT!Bash!QUOT! just about every kit I build now, the instructions are useful as a template for how I plan to proceed (I wish that they would double space them)[8D]
The first kit I ever built was a Guillows Cub, about 1964. I was about eight.
I remember that the first step in the instructions was to read the instructions, while examining the plans, from beginning to end before putting glue to balsa. I have used this procedure on almost every model I have built since. I highly recommend it for beginners.
I don't always do it anymore. Since I !QUOT!Bash!QUOT! just about every kit I build now, the instructions are useful as a template for how I plan to proceed (I wish that they would double space them)[8D]
03-15-2004 | 12:00 AM
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RE: Before you start building...
ORIGINAL: mtisdale
Great articles - especially the one on covering and CA hinges.
What I'd really like to see are some tips on using CA glue for kits, though. I'm about to build an LT-40 kit with Pacer CA. There are short instructions on the side of the bottle, but they seem to differ from the tips I've read on the board. (ie. for medium and thick CA, the bottle states to use a small drop every 1 sq. inch... but on here, I've read that medium and slow glues should be run across the entire joint or fillet.
Anyone interested in making a how to article - perhaps with some pics - on using thin, medium and slow CA glues - as well as epoxies? They would be much appreciated.
Great articles - especially the one on covering and CA hinges.
What I'd really like to see are some tips on using CA glue for kits, though. I'm about to build an LT-40 kit with Pacer CA. There are short instructions on the side of the bottle, but they seem to differ from the tips I've read on the board. (ie. for medium and thick CA, the bottle states to use a small drop every 1 sq. inch... but on here, I've read that medium and slow glues should be run across the entire joint or fillet.
Anyone interested in making a how to article - perhaps with some pics - on using thin, medium and slow CA glues - as well as epoxies? They would be much appreciated.
To glue a 1/4 inch stringer to a fuselage side, I start by clamping the stringer to the balsa sheet with clothes pins.
Then I hold the assembly almost vertical and put a drop of THIN CA at the far upstream end of the vee that is formed by the stringer and the sheet. You can actually watch the CA run down the grove about 1 to 2 inches.
Place a second drop of THIN CA where you saw the first drop stop running.
Repeat til done.
>> As always, USE ADEQUATE VENTILATION WHEN USING CA AND EPOXY ADHESIVES.[8D]
04-02-2004 | 02:25 PM
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RE: Before you start building...
ORIGINAL: ozzmosis
I just managed to burn a hole in the covering of my new gentle lady wing, argh
I just managed to burn a hole in the covering of my new gentle lady wing, argh
<----- See what it will look like after you get past the beginner phase? It was originally red!!
Steve
(Naw, it was white and blue)
04-08-2004 | 08:27 PM
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From: Licking,,
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RE: Before you start building...
To those of you that didn't know it before, like myself, I would like to show you a link to aircraft plans being sold on eBay.
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sort=3&rows=50
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