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  1. TonyHallo

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

    I have a 38% Frank Knoll design, my friend calls it the whale, ZDZ 80 RV, JMB can sounds great, still a little tail heavy, real work out to fly.
  2. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I used DuBro pin hinges. And while we're talking Staggerwings, I have these plans stored above the workbench might just build it some day, the plans show working retracts, 80 1/2" span, would be a nice size model. Had a GT80 that I though would make a good speedster but donated to the club...
  3. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    The plane was originally covered with Monokote, I had to buy a roll because I damaged one wing while assembling. Dark red maybe?
  4. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Some more photos, pretty sure the photo when loaded in the aircraft carrier was the morning of the fun fly with my old reliable RC Guys Cherokee. It's a good thing I took two!
  5. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I got a great deal on the plane, it was new but out of the box, apparently stored in a barn for some time and the box had bird droppings on it. $375 which included the Robart retracts. I had the retracts converted to electric by Robart. I built mine with the functional gear doors, this worked...
  6. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    Is the biplane a Staggerwing?
  7. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    What are you covering? can't wait
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    The flying wires arrived today from http://www.flying-wires.ch/flying-wires/index.html, all I can say is they are a thing of beauty in addition lighter than the wires I had previously built. The wires i made were 32 grams a pair while the Aero Scale come in at 18 grams a pairs. I'll be using...
  9. TonyHallo

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

    Nothing like the smell of glow fuel!!!
  10. TonyHallo

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

    What is the project he is working on?
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    The weather has been crappy so I went ahead and installed the piping. There is 60' of 3/4" pipe, this results in a retention time of 30 seconds when flowing 4 to 5 SCFM. This will only help the air dryer, before I painted the wings last fall I regenerated the desiccant and it lasted through...
  12. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    If that was a little bigger would have bought one years ago.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Hope you get a speedy reply, looks like the rib on the right is a little short of the trailing edge. Are the ribs show on the plans? Is it possible to cut new ones rather than wait for a revision?
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Got the last coat of primer on the cowl today, no pin holes or other flaws, ready for final block sand before applying the Ekopoxy water based primer. Before switching to the water based paints I sprayed the cooling baffle and the inside of the cowl ahead of the cooling baffle with flat black...
  15. TonyHallo

    3D Vertigo build, any interest in a build?

    I see the cheeks on thecowl, understand why it would be difficult to cover with monokote. Looking good.
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    Stewart Systems 7AC Yellow.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    The paint is water based so no solvents fumes to worry about. The exhaust fan that I use was salvaged from a overhead furnace from by brothers auto repair shop, believe it is 1/3 hp, it moves a lot of air, previously used a box fan. It is mounted on a piece of plywood that is the same size as...
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    But the second coat on the cowl an windshield seal strip, just one light coat, more pin holes and defects, the mold parting line is always a PIA. More filler, will block sand and spray some more tomorrow, might be last coat? If so will block sand with 320 to prepare for the Ekopoxy coat...
  19. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    30% 120" span. I think I read somewhere that G&L Hobbies from your neck of the woods was making them for national Balsa. Always wanted their Nosen Cessna 310 glass fuselage and parts, maybe some day.
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale RCM 1/3 Scale Champ Build

    I had received the quote from SACMidwest.com last week for the Champ dash, I sent them a dash template and the attached photo from the 3 view I'm working from along with the fuel level gauge mount that mounts to the top of the dash. Received the completed dash today in the mail. Even included...
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