RFINALDI

OH BY THE WAY JOEY , DO U HAVE ANY CESSNA TRAINERS U WANNA SELL TO ME ....THIS WAY I CAN GET A BETTER , PRICE AND BY THE WAY U FLY ....U DONT CRACK'EM UP TOO MUCH ,,,SO I KNOW IT WOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE

a65l

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Joey..... you coming out this weekend? The TA-4 looks great. I had a little lapse in judgement too......

Vettster

Thought id throw some paint on her since its to windy to fly. Thanks for the offer Joey but I woulndt want to copy your materpeice.

Heres some step by step photos showing the "pre-shading" I mentioned earlier.

Vettster

And heres part two. Notice how the Pre-shading gives the paint depth.

RFINALDI

nice dude really nice !

SoppyJoe

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Looking good Vet![8D] Unfortunately you have done such a good job on the sky camo, you wont be able to see it in the air! Dont let the wind keep you down with the Rafale, I have flown mine in 15knt winds! Ask a65l! She is a blast to fly in the Breeze!

Sorry Rich, right now I am out of the Cessna 206, However, email Delfin at SNHobbies.com

He is a trust worthy guy that is great to deal with! He has them instock for $119 I think.
Tell him Joey set you!

Joey

SoppyJoe

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She looked sweet in the air Andy! I think we are going to need to put together an EDF/electric rally here soon at Fentress![8D]

Joey

Vettster

Thanks guys! Joey I have been thinking the same thing. This camo is definantly going to be hard to see. So I think I will have to adapt your paint sceam after all.

What are your flight times like, guys.

SoppyJoe

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You can expect about 4mins of flight time, I do a lot of slow speed flying, high Alpha stuff, and I like to save a little in the battery for a go around if needed.

when is the maiden flight?

Joey

RFINALDI

THANKS ALOT JOEY ...........I WAS FLYING MY AIR HOGS JET SCREAM MINI SATURDAY THIS SUCKER , HAS SOME SR-71 PROFILE !!!!

EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT A HIGH GRADE HOBBIE PLANE , ITS REALLY COOL GOES UP 200 FT IN THE AIR , GREAT FLIGHT TIMES , AND ITS NOSE IS LIKE A RHINOCEROUS !!!! LOL TOUGH AS NAILS FOAMIE


I AM IN A BIDDING WAR RIGHT NOW ON EBAY FOR A CESS , SO IF I WIN IT WILL BE COMING SOON !!!!! CROSS YOUR FINGERS !!!

HEY THE TESTERS PAINT U USE FOR THE PLANES IS A SPRAY ????

Vettster

Rich I believe Joey uses the same paint as I do. Its Tamiya Accryics You can get them in any LHS. To spray with it you should first thin the paint with Tamiya X-20A thinner. I use about 40% thinner and 60% paint.

Joe, Beleive me, if I could control the wind that we've been having here, it would have been a Maiden 3 days ago. With any luck the wind will be light tommorrow morning. I have the day off so ill head her out to the Sod Feilds (Masssive runways there) Ill see if I can get some vid, but for today Im going to be painting some tiger stripes so I can see the damded thing.lol Want to be carfull with this one cause I just planted my Mustang and I dont want to go 2 fer 2. On the other side if finished an upgrade on the A-10 so maybe I can plant that one instead.lol I dont get this hobby, I keep planting them but nothing grows.lol

Vettster

Your right Joe! It cetainly would have been very difficult to see in the air so with your permission I kinda copied your fantastic idea. Thanks!

Its windy as hell here today so out comes the airbrush. Now I think I have a chance to see it. I hope tommorrow morn will be calm so I can test this litle puppy out.

RFINALDI

dude f&&&& gorgeous paint job !!!! your God Darn Rembrandt !!!! LOL

SoppyJoe

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D@mn!!!!!!!!! Outrageous!!!!! You really know how to hurt a guy, I didnt really like my paint job and now after seeing your masterpiece, I hate mine!

Dude don't let the wind keep you down, You will be shocked at how much wind she can easily handle! No kidding.

If you can get a good 10kt head wind, point the nose into the wind, start pulling up elevator till you get into a good high alpha position, and then start easing off the throttle, she will fly backwards and just steer her with the rudder. Then just punch the throttle and she will climb right on out! I've fown mine in 15kts, down wind passes are "smoking fast". Post a flight report asap!

Rich,

You are right about those airhogs, I have few of them too!

I just use jars of testors for my airbrush but from the looks of it I'm gonna have to start using the tamya stuff, like Vettster Da Vinci uses

Vettster

LOL!! Thanks alot guys! As you may have surmized from the models in the background, I build static models for compotition. Ill be in Vergina Beach this Aug for the Nationals. Lets get together for a cold dozen, er..eh, one. lol Joe I just dont want to end up with a great looking lawn dart.lol Tommorrow is looking good though. Im quit impressed with the performance you just mentioned though, i cant wait to be able to fly it backwards............or not! lol. Finished the repairs on my Mustang( I have a OS 55 in her, Man she screems!) The A-10 is ready to go and now Im ready for the RAFALE!!!!! WOO HOOOO!! its going to be a good day.

Trev

SoppyJoe

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Vet,

Come on down! Bring your airbrush, you're painting mine!!

Joey

a65l

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Vet,
Bring the Rafel with you if you have the room......

Vettster

WOW! WOW! Did I say WOW! What a plane! I couldnt beleive how eaisy it was to fly. I had someone hand launch it and after about 2 seconds of wobbly fingers i calmed it down and the rest was history. It flys Sooooo smooth and Simply looks FANTASTIC as it rips through the sky. I did circuits and fig 8s and then went for the aileron roll. The Mustang would take a cool 2 seconds to roll over. I hit the ailerons and that thing did FOUR!! rolls in about 1/2 a second.lol Holy crap! Then it was time to land. at this point it was probly the only time I went slow. So I lowered the throttle and wait for the decent....and waited....and waited.. It was pretty obvious at this point that this thing can handle very slows speeds with ease. Time to go around, a lot closer to the ground this time. and down she came and gently landed in the grass. What I found so increadble about the whole thing is that my hands never shook at all.(ive only been flying fixed wing for 4 weeks now) It was just a pleasure to fly. Man Im looking forward to that Raly at Joes place Sorry no vid. I thought there wouldnt be anyone there and there turned out to be about 10 people.

On another note. One of the guys there, about 25 years old and a boy genious. He was flying his plane and I noticed he wasnt even looking in the planes direction[sm=50_50.gif] I went to talk to him and he handed me the hood he was wearing. I put it on and I was actually looking through the windscreen of his model!!!! Increadible!!! He said he doesnt worry about crashing. I noticed he didnt even have his hands on the Tx. The plane was programmed with to GPS points and would fly all by its self for 35min!!!! and its electric!!!! It was very cool to say the least.

Trev

Vettster

I just reliezed that you guys are in Verginia beach. for some reason I kept thing you were in Florida. For sure!! lets get together and for a ralley of the RAFALEs Dont think Ill be bringing my airbrush, but I might be able to give some pointers if your interested.lol

SoppyJoe

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Told you it was a great flying plane Glad to hear it went good! fun to fly fast, even more fun to fly slow! Dont worry about not bringing your airbrush, you can use mine!

Joey

Vettster

RFINALDI

BOO HOO ! LOL I AM JEALOUS OF ALL OF YOUS !!!! LOL WELL A VICTORY FOR ME LAST NIGHT WON A 220$ PLANE FOR 100$ BUCKS ON EBAY , NO ONE BIDDED EXCEPT FOR ME !!!!

Vettster

Way to go Rich! Im sure youll have a blast with it. I thought about bidding against you just to liven things up abit,lol then though naaa.

Take it easy and land tires down.

SoppyJoe

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now thats just mean

JeffH

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Now if I saw SoppyJoe bidding, I would mortgage my expansive estate in the country to outbid him.
Where is my F-FO?...