91" SkyWing ARS 300 Assembly Thread

[pawnshopmike]

Beautiful job brother. Looks awesome.

 

[Snoopy1]

Prop polishing!! It’s been a few days, My lacquer has had time to set and fully gas. Used 2000 wet sand paper, followed by Meguiars scratch x 2.0, followed by more sanding, 3m ultrafine foam polishing pad with more buffing compound watered down and presto! I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked.
Before:
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After:
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That feeling of “this better work...”
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Oh happy happy happy!!!!
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We will see how it holds up in the air. I will need to balance it now.
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Is not a museum piece but a fun project, and hoping the silver and orange help show where that big prop is spinning.

Must say that propeller really does have a mirror shine.

 

[dhal22]

Great work.

 

[AKNick]

Thanks guys! There are blemishes though, pictures can be deceiving ha ha

 

[HRRC Flyer]

Prop polishing!! It’s been a few days, My lacquer has had time to set and fully gas. Used 2000 wet sand paper, followed by Meguiars scratch x 2.0, followed by more sanding, 3m ultrafine foam polishing pad with more buffing compound watered down and presto! I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked.
Before:
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After:
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That feeling of “this better work...”
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Oh happy happy happy!!!!
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We will see how it holds up in the air. I will need to balance it now.
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Is not a museum piece but a fun project, and hoping the silver and orange help show where that big prop is spinning.

Looks AWESOME Bro. . . . . .

 

[BalsaDust]

Looks great. Yeah I know what you meen about pictures hide things. When I was still a teenager my dad bought a 71 Mach 1 for us to work on. In pictures it looked like it was in near perfect condition but when looking right at it you could tell just how rough the car was.

 

[AKNick]

Went to balance the prop. Huh... I had to dremel out the lead filled holes they had placed in from the factory. Not going to lie... it was quite a bit too. Somehow I magically managed to heal this prop by painting it. I added a tiny bit of lead back into the light prop side and filled it with micro balloons and epoxy.
I taped a couple bolts to find the balance point needed, and ha! Exact opposite of the wieghts!

 

[AKNick]

Prop is now perfectly balanced. I have an issue. I left the prop the neoprene sheath and it now feels almost rubberish, and left marks/blemishes on what was a beautiful hard coating. Wondering what’s up? Compound says it’s safe for all finishes. Doubt it’s that because it was washed afterwords. Did the paint not gas enough? Left in the cover, allowed it to soften? Darnit.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Prop is now perfectly balanced. I have an issue. I left the prop the neoprene sheath and it now feels almost rubberish, and left marks/blemishes on what was a beautiful hard coating. Wondering what’s up? Compound says it’s safe for all finishes. Doubt it’s that because it was washed afterwords. Did the paint not gas enough? Left in the cover, allowed it to soften? Darnit.
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That's a bummer. My guess is it needed a little more cure time.

 

[AKNick]

Baffled the cowl air intakes. Used craft foam with Medium CA. But first used paper, trimmed and taped in place so I wouldn’t have to guess with the shape and form desired. Worked out pretty good.

My mess...