Scale MattyMatt's Exclusiv Modellbau 50% Challenger II

[MattyMatt]

Here's a few final shots.

 

[MattyMatt]

Also, all the wiring and servos are in the horizontal stabs and the wings. Running XBus made the wing wiring much easier and will be really easy to put the plane together. I'll go more into the servos and electronic setup later and explain everything.

Sunday, I started covering... i have only used Solartex one time for a customers plane several years ago. This stuff is so nice to work with. If you can't cover with this stuff, give up. Lol.

So, the horizontal stabs, elevators, Rudder, Vertical stab and back of the fuse are covered. Here's a few shots:

 

[Wacobipe]

Here's some shots of it going together:
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Awesome work MattyMatt

 

[MattyMatt]

Thank you Waco... it was fun. I've wanted to do a scale mount for a long time, and this worked out really well.

 

[MattyMatt]

I covered these parts first, so i can pink the fuse and then put the front glass panels on, and then get the canopy mounted.

The scale rib stitch should be here any day, and i already received the correct scale pinking material from Pink-it. I'll give links and more information when i get to that part.

 

[Pistolera]

The Pink-It tape is really nice. I got a few samples and plan on using some on my Krill as well. There's gonna be some gorgeous scale aerobats on the flight lines this year!

 

[Terryscustom]

Very inspiring work Matt. Thanks for sharing with us!

 

[MattyMatt]

Ok so the next step is the details... Rib stitch and pinking.

I'm not an expert, but here's what I know. On a typical aerobatic plane, the stitching is every two inches, and 1" wide. The pinking is two inches wide over the ribs, and 4" wide around the leading and training edges.

So, on my 1/2 scale Challenger II, the stitching will need to be every 1" and 1/2" wide. The pinking over the ribs will be 1" and around the leading and trailing edge 2".

 

[MattyMatt]

So, first order of business... You'll need a case of this:

 

[MattyMatt]

There are many ways to make this look real, including using stits and actually stitching it.

For my finish, I'm using natural solartex as covering.

There are two products that I will be using for the stitching and pinking. I've never used them before.... But the two company owners were very great to work with.

For the stitching: Scale Rib Stitch, http://www3.telus.net/alb2157/index.htm It is a stick on rib stitch. I ordered his half scale kit, which is what I measured that I needed. Stitching is 1" apart and comes with 36" x 2" wide strips that you need to cut the width you want.

For the Pinking: http://pink-it.net/new_pink-it_2012_002.htm It is pinking made from Solartex. I got 1" and 2" wide, and Gary Seth the correct number of pink cuts.