WHO'S BUILDING WHAT FOR 2021

[Cliff Evans]

Terry Elliot in France has now finished his 1/6 scale T21 from Jilles Smits. Turned out very nice. All up weight 7Kg

[Barry_Cole]

1/6 scale T21 All up weight 7Kg

Are you sure....



BC

[chris williams]

The 4.2 scale OAP-Friendly Topaze is now ready for covering & finish...

[chris williams]

Job done, now she can join the Maiden Queue...

Stats: Span 3.6m
A.U.W. 9lbs
HQ35/14-12

[Peter Balcombe]

Decided to progress a 1/5 scale Janus fuselage that I picked up a few years ago.
I don’t know who made the (seems to be Epoxy glass) fuselage but hopefully Barry at Sarik can find me a suitable canopy in due course.
However, the first issue was that the fuselage moulding had no wing root fairings at all, so I had a word with John Hall or ideas on fitting some.
After designing a built up HQ section wing, I got Cliff Evans to cut me some 1/8” ply root ribs (with allowance for 0.4mm ply skins).
Once the root position had been decided, I used the joiner slot/holes to position & fix a root rib to both inside & outside of the fuselage (forming a ply/shell/ply sandwich), using temporary fit joiners for final alignment.
This gave me root ribs at the tapered fuselage angle.
When that lot was set, I could then use the joiners to position the final root faring ribs which were parallel to each other & at right angles to the joiners.
Once the gap between the external ribs was filled with spruce spacers & hard balsa filler, the skins could be fitted to complete the root stubs.
The pics show the assembled stubs, internal ribs & joiner tubes.

[chris williams]

Next up in the Interminable Lockdown series...1:4.9 scale cabriolet version of the Bergfalke 4

Tine for some scroll saw therapy...

[Cliff Evans]

Next up in the Interminable Lockdown series...1:4.9 scale cabriolet version of the Bergfalke 4

Tine for some scroll saw therapy...

Looking forward to this one Chris..

[B Sharp]

Where is Chris getting all the wood for his builds? Is it true that he is the source of the balsa shortages? Has he bought up all the mills in Indonesia?
I'm not doing a big build this winter as my balsa store is almost empty. I have resorted to buying a kit for a tiny little vintage free flight model (with an electric motor).
Brian.

[Keith]

Hes got a balsa forrest in his garden

[chris williams]

I have never been a fan of the Just In Time theory of logistics...I prefer Just In Case