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Scale 35% Krill Extra 330SC....CUSTOM-ARF!!!

Jetpainter

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Earl, Where did you get the flat louver panels? I've used the curved ones, but I've never seen the flat ones for sale anywhere.
 

Pistolera

HEY!..GET OUTTA MY TREE!
Before I get to the actual painting process i wanted to finish up some of the other scale ideas I've been losing sleep over...lol. One of these was to achieve a longer look for the spinner. As you can see here Mike Goulian's 330SC spinner is quite long with a cylindrical portion of the spinner showing behind the prop.
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I have a beautiful CF spinner made by Steve at SMJ Spinners (no longer in production). Although it, in my opinion replicates the full scale pretty well it still lacks that area behind the prop, as do all RC spinners that I've seen.

So....good old McMaster-Carr sells 6061 aluminum discs in varying thicknesses. I my case 1/2" would be about right to achieve the look I want. I figured if I can machine this disc to be a mirror image of the existing back plate BUT with a 1/2" flange extending backwards that would do it. It would space the spinner and prop 1/2" out from the crank, but with the flange would maintain the nice spinner gap I originally had . Plus, this plane is gonna need a bit more weight up front for CG anyway.
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Spinner back plate resting on the disc. And with the spinner set in place.
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So....what started out as a 1 pound, 4 ounce disc was whittled down to a finished extension weighing 5 oz.
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It will get painted the same red as the spinner. I can live with the small parting line that will show between the spinner and extension. Carry-on!!!:attaboy:
 
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