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Right you are [&:] -- I feel suitably chastised (although you have misspelled britbrat, but I won't mention that one). Lee simply had the wrong company & wrong country.

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That would be "British", daboo. :)

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By "tail crimps" are you referring to the crimps on the pull-pull wires or something else?

I swear I never knew English could be this tough to translate into English. :D

Think about the poor people for whom this isn't their first language, like Luke. OK, I'm kidding there but you get the idea.

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Right you two clowns, I'm going to spell check every one of your posts and seek revenge.
Then again as long as your picking on each other, it takes the flak of me :D

Bruce your learning to decipher what I mean now

My description's on engineering reports are worse than my description's of plank parts trust me

Any tips on the fuel proofing?

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Aha!!

That would be: "Then again, as long as you're picking on each other, it takes the flak off me". :)

--- and--- "Bruce, you're learning ------now".:)

Damned Brits -- can't spell. :D


I think that we need Luke to act as a translator [:@]

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Oi less of this picking on me.
I spelt Focke as Focker. All I did was add an r to the end. And the dead give away it was the German one, was the word Wulf after
You spelt it Foker by dropping the c and still getting it wrong, then blamed me for insulting a whole nation, I'm surprised you never bunged a plague of locusts and a drought or good measure :D:D

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You're gonna love this. Two (2) F's in "OFF". hehe. :D

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Not in your American spell checker on here :D

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It didn't show bad because you just happened to come across another real word by accident.


OK guys, let's call an end to the spelling contest as long as we can decode what is meant.

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Ah shucks, jist as it wus gittin fun.

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Hey, I'm no moderator. It was just a suggestion. :D

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Lee--I'll answer you question.
I'm not sure that cyano is fuel proof. It would certainly not be your best bet. Either paint it with rustoleum (or some equivilent fuel proof paint), or thin some 30 min epoxy with alcohol and paint it on--would be much better fuel proofing than painting on cyanoacrylate!

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When you say to thin with alcohol. Do you mean something like meths or white spirit?

Thanks Lee

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Don't know those terms. Best is denatured alcohol. We can get it here at home improvement stores and some pharmacies. It has less/no water in it than isopropyl alcohol does. You will need only a few drops. Use too much and it will not cure properly, it will stay gummy.

You can also use a heat gun to thin undiluted epoxy so it will spread easier.

Either way, use 30 min epoxy. the heat method will accelerate the cure time slightly.

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I try to avoid thinning down the epoxy because if you thin it too much it will never get hard when it sets. It will just remain soft. I prefer to put down the un-thinned epoxy on the area I want to cover then heat it with my heat gun which will cause it to thin out, and while it is thinned I will spread it with an epoxy brush. Be aware that this will accelerate the setting time for the epoxy so you wont' have 30 minutes to work it. I will try to do smaller areas at a time than doing one huge application.

Hope this helps

Ken

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As long as you're only using it for Fuel-Proofing you can use any type of alcohol (Isopropyl, Rubbing, Denatured, Everclear, Vodka, etc (Well, ok, the Vodka may be pushing it a little)

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I understand that Vodka has other useful purposes in modeling. :)

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Yep, it accelerates the drying time of glue. You don't use the vodka in the glue. You drink it while you are waiting for the glue to dry, and before too long it doesn't seem to take very long for the glue to dry!!!! :D:D

Ken

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Or at least you don't care.

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I now have a picture of some modeler working on a new project, a few glases of vodca later and the wings are mounted.
Then sobering up and finding them on the tail.

Thanks again for the help guys
Lee

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Never seen the Beech Starship? Canards!

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/es...eech/GA9G5.htm

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No but I have seen a 140 sized mustang p51 at half price on ebay. Checked the price of the compatable engines and it can stay there. [&o] The importers site only gives a 4 stroke engine size, not two stroke compatable size.
The p51 imo is one of the moast stuning planes to come out of ww2. The look the nuts (translated, means the dogs danglies, translated again means they look very very good :D)

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What is the auction link?

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flair-Mustang-...QQcmdZViewItem

or item number

6008263868

I have the 50 size here to build. Their kits look well built. Plenty of detail to them.
And wings that wide would look good sticking out the top of my car. Lets just say I drive a german two seat hard top convertable.
I get my heli in the truck and my trainer in the passenger seat.

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Wow, I missed all the fun. From bipes to Vodka.

I do have one question. What brand of Vodka. I'm thinking Absolute Vodka. That makes all the difference in the world on how long it takes for you not to care how long it takes for the glue to dry :D