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  1. TonyHallo

    What beer ya drinking tonight?

    What a fitting name!
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Came home from my grandson's Little League playoff game tonight and did a little more work, they won by the way so I'll bee back there tomorrow. Installed the pulley cover, marker light, fuel tank cover and filler cap. The cap was one of the first projects I made on my lathe when I purchased...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Some photos of the partially assembled wing. I ordered .012" SS wire from McMaster-Carr today to double wrap the turnbuckles and I am missing one turnbuckle, ordered that from DuBro. The servos are hidden under the fuel tank covers and the flap rod end is hidden in the trailing edge like the...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    I came home from the fun fly today and decided that I going to assemble the Champ then finish this Piper Cub. The wings just look so nice I have to finish it. I will use Stitts products so I would like to work outside if possible.
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Here's a few photos of the wings from today. I had previously painted the wings however the paint fish eyed and had remove the covering and redo it' The wings had been in storage sometime with the Stits silver paint on waiting for final color. The fish eye problem was due to just using a hose...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    I put the Daytona White on the wings today. I started this build back in 2006 for a friend, our flying styles changed over the years and he began flying large scale Aeroworks planes. This plane went by the way side and I have been moving it around for years, can't you how many Aeroworks planes...
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Put the 7AC orange on today. The paint masks from Aero Graphics work great. I pulled the tape off the fuselage and rudder while the paint was tacky, I'm leaving the Aeronca logo mask on until the paint is fully dry since it is quite fragile. Located all the pieces for the Super Cub wings...
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I have these 33% Piper Super Cub wings that need painted, I plan to paint these before I take down the makeshift spray booth, hopefully this will simulate me into finishing the the fuselage and getting it painted. That may be a different build log.
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Put the 7AC yellow on today. The 3 mm pinking shears really helped making the transition nice with the bias cut pinking tape and the reinforcements for the horizontal stab tubes. There's a lot going on there and it worked much better. Grandson coming tomorrow and on Thursday I need to get to...
  10. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Here are a few more planes at the event.
  11. TonyHallo

    Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

    Was at the Butler Area Modelers Society (BAMS) scale fun fly yesterday, had both of my One Designs there. No judging just a nice IMAA like fun fly. Man is dry dry here in PA. I went from cutting the grass twice a week in early May to not cutting at all. I could not believe how brown the grass was
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Well I didn't realize the grandsons were coming over today, looks like painting will not begin until Sunday unless I decide to go flying, if that's the case no color until Tuesday.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I put three coats of the EkoPrime on sanding with 320 dry in between coats, hopefully tomorrow it will become yellow. Painting sucks! Still made a few mistakes working with the water borne paints but I'm learning! Have a scale fun fly on Saturday at a club I recently joined, taking both One...
  14. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I think she has a point!
  15. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    STBU - Had to Google it. Learned something new today. Weren't you just complaining about chilly a May and April somewhere else here?
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I put the second coat on today after the grandsons went home, school's out so back to keeping them busy for a summer. Tomorrow I'll sand and decide if a third coat necessary or to go the Eko Prime. With the EkoFill the surface is still heat formable, once the EkoPrime goes on no more heat...
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Looks great
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Well the stack implosion cause a power outage in the town so was without power until the afternoon. There are many videos of the implosion online, check it out. The old 752" stack hit about 50' from the road and the force took out 4 utility poles. Put the first coat of EkoFill on today after...
  19. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I need to make one as well but I only have a few 13/16" round dies. I have SAE and metric Craftsman tap and die sets that have hex shaped dies. I use the hex holder and a live center to get the die started straight, then brace the handle against the tool post, it takes some effort to cut 1/2"...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Don't expect to do much tomorrow. They are imploding the 752' high stack at the power plant where I worked from 1977 through 1980 in my town, suspect there will be party. The plant called Cheswick Power Station was built in 1970, 600 MW single unit coal burner, scrubber and SCR was added but...
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