Scale Soaring UK

The inside had been painted before the installation of the stuff that I have shown.
The outside was the next step. with all parts ready that was not to difficult but I never spray paint.
Works for me... The red was done as second layer and all went very well. The Wings had been ready covered and flew on the old fuselage...another story though... So they could be fitted to the fuselage and servo's set and tested too.
The canopy was wrapped in with tape so the edge could be sprayed.

The doors and sides were fitted and the spinner and prop finished.
The fuselage protecting sky were fitted as well as the aluminum exhaust protecting plates. The canopy installed with painted tail wheel. The rudder installed with one screw as Cliff learned us and the cables fitted.

The rudder cables attached together with the tail wheel cables. See the fake spring on here, I hate the lack of rudder control while taxiing with wind!
The engine was installed cowl fitted with spinner and prop. Fuel tank filler cap painted so almost ready to go.

With all on the fuselage ready there was the first build together of the first Milan.
And yes it looked very well indeed. I even know the guy in the model...
I do hope you enjoyed the update on the first of the two Milan’s.
Did it fly…?
Well it did, it soared very well too. Shame that I couldn't make it no longer to MW last year.
The scaled exhaust works very well too. The sound is fine too.

All the best for now and more later on Milan 2.

Noël

One more thing…
Like on all new things, you need to make a few small adjustments.
I reinforced the firewall with some glass fiber and epoxy, made a new back plate for the spinner with more screws.
Also the wing supporting wheels were to weak. The printed spoke wheels gave way after the first flight. I changed them with full Acetal or POM material hubs and nylon rods instead of the epoxy once...
The last flight was just before winter time and now with the lock down, it hasn't been out the trailer yet.
I will look into it again soon because there is hope that we will be allowed to go flying again in two weeks time from now.
Fingers crossed that we all did a fine job staying locked inside as much as possible.
I hope you all stay safe too!!! And as someone told us lately: “ We meet again!!!”

Noël

Very nice model as usual Noel. Good to hear from you after such a long time, glad to hear that you are well, the main thing is now, stay safe, even though you may be able to go flying in a couple of weeks, best to be careful.

Beautiful work as usual Noël.
Well done & nice to see you back on the forum

Nice to hear from you again, Noel...

Hello Noël

Great to hear from you after such a long time. The Milan is truly wonderful work, just like your ASK16 that I remember so well.

Best regards

Ian

Noël, you are an ace modeller. Nice to hear from you again