A couple of pics of my new bird as I paint her.

It’s wonderful to see these great pattern ships posted on the RCU and under construction. There is a Great Plans kit listed on ebay right now. Is your kit a GP kit?

I hope it flies as good as it looks.

No believe it or not that is a balsa fuse on this one.

I still have 2 more colors to put on it by the way. The base color is a Candy red w/ gold flake, the second color is a metallic gray, then a med metallic blue and a yellow metallic. It should be very visible. LOL

A couple of more shots of the blue with the masking removed from the canopy.

Looks fantastic. Very missle-like colors [8D]

-Mike

I still need to put the yellow stripe on it, maybe tomorrow. LOL

Very nice work!

Thanks 8178. You will be mad at me though. I converted it to a tail dragger. LOL

2 more pics with the yellow stripe on it.

8178, do still have a Kaos 40 kit unopened at your shop? Is it up for sale? Just email me.

Thanks,

Jim

Nice paint job, but don't throw it out in the trash. Judging by the yard, I'm surprised you have the time to paint and build a Dirty Birdy. Noticed the lawn mower and preschool kids yard toys.

LOL, yeah it does get hectic around here at times. But the wife is good about giving me 2 hours a day for my "toys".

Have to work on that 2 hour deal with my wife too.

What is the plane under construction in the three indoor photos, behind the dirty birdy?

Tried to PM you but it wouldn’t work. I still have it but plan on building it. They show up on ebay every few weeks.

Looks great! Please keep the images coming. We need many more of these types of posts on the forum.

The one in the backround is a Bridi Escape. Either that or my UFo are next on the board. LOL
I think I will take alittle break when this is done, I haven't done a paint job in a while, now I remember why. LOL

I am shocked that there was no comment on the conversion to a tail dragger. LOL

Is it just me or does it seem like the older pattern ships seem to sell better, on the market place, than the newer birds ?

I couldn't respond to the tail-dragger ...I was ROFL....

What made you laugh so hard ? LOL

Real pattern planes have the 3rd wheel in the front...

I keep hearing that. LOL

1. I hate setting up the steering linkage on the nose gear.

2. I couldn't locate the old "revlon" bottle fuel bottles we used to use. This engine is thirsty so I wanted a 16 oz tank. I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and have her drag her butt. LOL