Great work SteamWake and Buddahaid!

Ah the days of balsa, T-pins, 5 minute epoxy and Money-Kote (monokote - so named because we could never afford he stuff:haha:)

Built more than a few RC gliders in my day! Once built a high performance glider with a 9 foot, 3 piece wing, and a plywood and fiberglass fuselage. Man that was a good flyer, get that thing in a thermal and you'd need binoculars to bring her back down.

Makes me want to get a wood kit again.

Thanks for sharing, can't wait to see your pics SteamWake.

Nice work guys. Will attempts to fly the buggers be made? I made a piper cub years ago and well, first flight ended in disaster. Then again, I attempted to fly it in a long hallway...:oops: Walls 1, piper cub 0

Nice jobs there Buddah now I feel like a slacker :rotfl:

I have done some work on mine, finished the horizontal stab but dident get any pictures yet. Have to over come a small problem with the horizontal stab not being parallel to the wing. Probably will shim the wing.

I'll try to get moving on it again soon and post some more. :salute:

Don't feel that way, I started that one about three months ago and I feel like I'm steeling your thunder when I posted the photos, but someone asked. I'm sure I won't be done for another month with all the other stuff life throws at you.

Buddahaid

LOL as they say "Its always better to post in an exisiting thread than to start a new one" :rock:

By the way whos kit was your Mr. Mulli? Looks to nice to be a guillows. Bet getting all that sheet balsa to bend on the round nose was a chore.

SIG http://www.sigmfg.com/cgi-bin/dpsmar...FV4.html?E+Sig The sheeting is thin 1/32" and not too hard. The real chore was the whole engine cowling assy. Something around 60 parts, most of which are scratch building balsa. Those teardrop rocker covers were a pain but add a lot to the looks. The kit I built was an old one from the seventies I bought on ebay before I found out it was still made today. Ever work with old decals? I thought I would have to make new ones and I'm not very experienced there.

And yes, I plan to fly it which is why I bought it in the first place, even though I rarely fly freeflight models. I'm amazed by what people can do with tissue covering on these kits. I can barely cover them without wrinkles and others can give them paint schemes by using different colored and patternned paper!

Good luck
Buddahaid

wow.. very cool to see this all put together. your patience amazes me.

nice work dude.

Hi Steamwake.

I found this thread a couple weeks ago and reminded me about my Dumas Stinson Voyager that I got stored up in my attic. I had no problem with the wood structure but once I got to the tissue part, I got cold feet. Then I started developing my basement so up in the attic it went. I dug it out and finished off the sanding and doping. Just need to get up enough nerve to tackle the tissue. I know you where going to showcase your technique once you got to that point but if you could give me some links or advice, I would sure appreciate it. I've got a few things telling me how to do it but I'd like to find some video of how it's done. I did search around a bit but no luck. Thanks!

Rob

Im really hoping to get some work done this weekend. Since the fuselage is mostly finished and it is the most difficult part to cover Ill try to get some pics up this weekend.

Tools you will need is scissors, a very sharp blade, and a soft pencil, a spray bottle (fine mist as possible) filled with water [some use a mix of water and alchohal], some paint brushes, and clear dope... yes dope thats what I use :|\\ and some dope thinner aka acetone. Oh and a well ventilated room :rotfl:

It takes some practice and mistakes to hone a technique. I'm OK at it and have covered many, but I'm amazed at what the rubber-power crowd can do with coloured and patterned paper. Click on the zeppelin image on this page http://www.darehobby.com/airplanes/a...555el-zeppelin to see what I mean. Here are some references.

http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/tips.htm

http://www.modelaircraft.org/insider/09_05/covering.htm

http://www.airfieldmodels.com/inform..._materials.htm

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cove...ane-in-Tissue/

Thanks Steamwake and Buddahaid. Pretty amazing Lozenge Pattern on that Zeppelin plane. I think I got everything required but will double check. Here's a video of one I found while searching using 32 rubber strands!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHDHN...eature=related

Almost forgot, but have either of you built the Dumas Gee BEE or Helldiver kits? I have both and was wondering how well they fly. Thanks

Rob

Not me. Sheesh, 32 bands! It would kill him if it got loose.:haha: Another thought, look for a rubber free-flight club in your area. Plenty of people too willing to help, with decades of experience.

Buddahaid

Cool video reminds me of wakefields they climb out straight up :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npVmN...layer_embedded

Also Part 1 of 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk4cO...layer_embedded

The dumas kits are probably of good quality although I dont think the Gee Bee will make much of a flyer. Even the full scale one was a handfull and inheriantly unstable :cool:

I promise to get some work done on this this weekend.

I bought a new sanding block which came with some kind of 80 grit sandpaper on it.

Of course I tried doing some sanding with it and did more damage than good. I had to put it down for a while and get some finer sandpaper :rotfl:

wait... Mr. Mulligan??
THATS ME!!!! :yeah:

thats right, I am Mr Will Mulligan haha

sorry long time with no posting here but this just caught my eye lol

also seeing "follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan" is quite disturbing in a sort of truman show way. :haha: