Keep us posted. Im very interested in this thread.

Hi
To fix underbelly on our plane Addiction, Hiro (nice guy) sent me theses pictures to help me.

Hi Papapone

I decided to get one of these,is their any additional advice on items neede during building of kit that you can think of?
Is the fixed gear included also the glass cloth for wing joyning - before HIRO ships it.

P.S My Fiesta is done cant get a photo to load up - my network is to slow, maybe you can email me at [email protected] and I can send the pictures to you to load them onto RCU

Papaone: What are you gonna use for the finish, cloth and resin/epoxy or silk and talc.

Hi Gerrie

You have to buy tank, fixed gear (see pic), system to fix underbelly (see pic), quick links, horns, pilot to glue in the canopy. Glass cloth is not in the kit.
Claude

Hi Pmr

Jerome's father will finish Addiction with glass cloth (25 g/m2) and epoxy resin.
Claude

Hi Papaone

I asked Hiro to include all the necesary items in the kit, in the meentime I studied all the info on his website to start preparing for the building process. Not so sure how the wingsadle is laid up in carbon-also if the engine-mount former and firewall should be laminated with carbon cloth before asembling of enginebox ,the carbon looks cool.


THX
Gerrie

Hi Gerrie
I aggre with you, carbon is not necessary and expensive, it's just for the look !
Claude

Hi
The more I look at the build photos on the website the more amazed I am. There is next to no fettling of parts needed. The plane appears to be almost self jigging. It is a work of art and I thought MK kits were the dog's dangly bit these kits are a whole new level.

What he is asking is for a kit is very reasonable considering the amount of effort that must have gone into the CAD alone to make such suberb fitting parts. I think I will be treating myself very shortly.

Mike

Hey Mike,
If you like building MK kits you'll LOVE the Addiction kit. I have one that I fondle regularly. MK kits are still very nice, but laser cutting makes for perfect parts fit. The Addiction parts fit is terrific which will reduce amounts of adhesive required. I'm sure the built up weight prior to finish is very light.
It cost me $750 US to get a kit delivered to my door, but worth every penny in my opinion!
Regards,
Will B.

HI

Link with building and painting of Addiction (click on manufacture report Addiction)
http://f3a.lix.jp/index.html
If you want to translate in english language, copy and put the url you wants to translate into the case url in this link below (after erasing text into the case) and click on the logo at right
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/englis...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

Claude
It runs with Internet Explorer. Thank to Henning who gives us the link.

HI every one

"THE SMELL OF BALSA" WHEN OPENING A NEW KIT is what make my day. I love a challenge and with the examples of craftmenship shown by our friends in the East I am really going to try and duplicate it, and then there is the panting of their models -amzing.
Can anyone tell me where our I CAN GET THE EQUIPMENT/PROGRAM the can cut these masks for their glamorousdesigns?

This hobbywill never get boring to me

Cant wait to get my hands on this kit


Cheers
gerrie

I too am interested in this kit. I must have read all the pages of these thread about 5 times already. The only thing thats keeping me from getting these kit is that I might have a hard time building it. So far Ive built the MK Alliance, MK Sky Star and a few arc's and arf's under my belt. Do you think I can handle these 160 Addiction? Another thing thats holding me is that I don't have any experience in the finish department particularly the silk and talc finish. Oh well I did a cloth and epoxy resin finish once on my Alliance but not the silk and talc that I intend to use on the Addiction if ever I do get the kit.

HI Pmr

It's not difficult to build wooden kit if you're meticulous. So it's longer to do than a composite kit.
There are pics on differents forum to help you and also Hiro who 'll send pics and advices to you for that.
Fuselage is well to do with 25 g/m2 glass cloth and epoxy resin. After sanding, you have just to paint it as a composite fuse. For wings, stab and rudder I prefer to cover with plastic film like Oracover.
I did prévious pattern as Silent and Wild Beat with that.
Claude

Does anyone know what talc is?

Baby powder

I meant dope.

Hi

For exemple baby powder talc
http://www.johnsonsbaby.com/products/powder/baby-powder
Claude

Papone

Do you have the ratio that they use to make the mix for filling.
Is it dope to which they add the baby powder ? Hiro is sending silk with the kit to me, so just need to get the metod to use the talc.

THX

Hi Gerrie

To put silk on balsa, I used nitrocellulosic liquid. I fix also silk in different points like leading edge, tips of wings, with glue. I don't have ratio, you mix the talc with nitrocellulosic until it's good to put it with a painbrush (like a gelcoat). You have to put paste and sand it several times to obtain a good finish.
Link with pics how to put silk and talc
http://f3a.sakura.ne.jp/radiocontrol...uster0628.html
http://f3a.sakura.ne.jp/radiocontrol...uster0823.html

link to translate japanese language to english language
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/englis...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

somes pics for example (he's not me)

Hi
These sites are incredible. The quality of the builds are amazing and I would actually love to sit down with one of these guys and ask a ton of questions.

Right now I have one big one. Why use silk? instead of GF cloth and epoxy and what is he using to stick the cloth down with.

Mike

Hi Papaone, and fellow addicts of PATTERN

Thanks alot for your inputs,you really us alot, one more question -nitrocellulosic is it the same as dope?

so here we go - first sand the fuse to near perfection
-fill all obvious holes...and sand again
-REMOVE ALL THE DUST
-wrap all the main components in silk and trim roughly
-apply the babypowder and dope to the componts
- let it dry and trim surplus cloth
- sand and check for imperfections ,fill with...sand again
-ready for basecoat white,let it dry and inspect carefully is this basecoat acryllic paint or epoxy paint?

lets say I want a duplicate scheme of ADDICTION -IS there a stensil available or how do they get all those lines
so perfect? Again what type of paint do thy use.
Acryllic..

Lets just fly Hiro in for a holiday trip to come and teach us.


Okay men come on in and fill in all the things I missed, when my kit arrives I want to be completly prepared to do the job meticuosly


Just want to get this paint thing on the Oxai standard , wish I was in the position to buy a finishe model ,but my submarine with the dollars does not want to survice.

Then on the otherhand it is very rewarding if you can coplete such a project personally .Never to old to learn.

Gerri

Hi Mike

Theses pics come from site Paint Shop Ino****a
http://www12.plala.or.jp/ps-ino/index.html
Tomorow I'll ask Hiro of Starcraft about silk or glass.
Claude

Hi
Can you get some of these aeroplanes like the Astral XX etc as kits or can you only get them as made to order aeroplanes?

Mike

Hi Mike and Gerrie

Hiro is going to answer at your differents questions, but now he's very busy
Claude