New Beginners Kit Questions:
08-27-2006 | 03:53 PM
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New Beginners Kit Questions:
I'm new to this forum as well as to RC aircraft in general. I'm a 25 year old bus driver (airline pilot), and have always been engaged in model building. I used to build heavy plastic kits/as well as some metal and balsa kits. I've been flying this electric for the past month and I am DAMN good at CRASHING IT!
Anyways, I bought a kit to build. The chance of me actually flying it is SLIM - TO - NONE. All I want to do is build it. Its a House of Balsa FW190 (Love those german planes). Can anyone give me the layout for a builders area - stuff I need - and tips to start off? I mean, Im starting from the ground up. It would be cool for any tips.
It's a fairly small kit. The description, instructions, and layout seem failry basic. Thanks for the help in advance!
Anyways, I bought a kit to build. The chance of me actually flying it is SLIM - TO - NONE. All I want to do is build it. Its a House of Balsa FW190 (Love those german planes). Can anyone give me the layout for a builders area - stuff I need - and tips to start off? I mean, Im starting from the ground up. It would be cool for any tips.
It's a fairly small kit. The description, instructions, and layout seem failry basic. Thanks for the help in advance!
08-27-2006 | 04:30 PM
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RE: New Beginners Kit Questions:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_34...tm.htm#3439708
Go to this thread of RcKen's. Read the #2 post put up by Ken. He lists pretty much everything neccessary to start a kit build. He has a lot of good info when it comes to kit building. If you really feel ambitious this same thread goes from start to finish of this Sig Lt 40 he built for the PIF program. If you read thru it, there is a ton of step by step info, as well as some good pics of his magnetic building system & table. Good luck on your new build. Let us know how it progresses. Pics are good too!!
Go to this thread of RcKen's. Read the #2 post put up by Ken. He lists pretty much everything neccessary to start a kit build. He has a lot of good info when it comes to kit building. If you really feel ambitious this same thread goes from start to finish of this Sig Lt 40 he built for the PIF program. If you read thru it, there is a ton of step by step info, as well as some good pics of his magnetic building system & table. Good luck on your new build. Let us know how it progresses. Pics are good too!!
08-27-2006 | 08:58 PM
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RE: New Beginners Kit Questions:
Here's a good site that will help you. All kinds of building information, tips, techniques by prefessional builders along with
RCKen.
www.geistware.com/rcmodeling
RCKen.
www.geistware.com/rcmodeling
08-27-2006 | 09:38 PM
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RE: New Beginners Kit Questions:
Not to sound bias, but go to my website and look at the tips page.
http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/tips.htm
Look under the different categories of tips and see if there are things that you can do to improve your kit.
Just a suggestion!
http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/tips.htm
Look under the different categories of tips and see if there are things that you can do to improve your kit.
Just a suggestion!
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I'm new to this forum as well as to RC aircraft in general. I'm a 25 year old bus driver (airline pilot), and have always been engaged in model building. I used to build heavy plastic kits/as well as some metal and balsa kits. I've been flying this electric for the past month and I am DAMN good at CRASHING IT!
Anyways, I bought a kit to build. The chance of me actually flying it is SLIM - TO - NONE. All I want to do is build it. Its a House of Balsa FW190 (Love those german planes). Can anyone give me the layout for a builders area - stuff I need - and tips to start off? I mean, Im starting from the ground up. It would be cool for any tips.
It's a fairly small kit. The description, instructions, and layout seem failry basic. Thanks for the help in advance!
I'm new to this forum as well as to RC aircraft in general. I'm a 25 year old bus driver (airline pilot), and have always been engaged in model building. I used to build heavy plastic kits/as well as some metal and balsa kits. I've been flying this electric for the past month and I am DAMN good at CRASHING IT!
Anyways, I bought a kit to build. The chance of me actually flying it is SLIM - TO - NONE. All I want to do is build it. Its a House of Balsa FW190 (Love those german planes). Can anyone give me the layout for a builders area - stuff I need - and tips to start off? I mean, Im starting from the ground up. It would be cool for any tips.
It's a fairly small kit. The description, instructions, and layout seem failry basic. Thanks for the help in advance!
