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3 PhotosI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Originally posted by Waconut View PostThanks for the tips,
I am guessing those are JHH pilots ? If so what scale?
Thanks!!
AnthonyI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Ditto what LB posted, Waconut you'd be wise to follow his cockpit guidelines, he is the master.
Regarding the MRC nozzles, after removing the stock ones and before gluing in the 3D nozzles, line them up correctly as they are not perfectly symmetrical. They only fit correctly in one position, so rotate them on the foam and mark them before you glue them. One of the nozzles MRC sent me early on was way out of proportion, almost elliptical and had to send it back so make sure both are correct before installing.
The 3D cockpit parts are actually, as LB said, easy to fit in after you fix them up. His cockpit is very scale, so it is a good one to emulate. I tend to go the other direction, a bit gaudy. I figure if I'm going to do it, I want the pieces to stand out and hardly anyone at my field notices that they're far from scale but they do notice that it couldn't have come that way from the factory (even if they roll their eyes a bit).
Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Hugh Wiedman, Good call there, Hugh, on the Nozzle Alignment; I had forgotten. I almost glued the first one on incorrectly during my build. Thank you, Sir. Best, LBI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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This being stuck inside and not being able to fly is getting to me. My New's Years resolution of "More Flying, less Modifying" has turned into a joke. Should have been "Spend all the rest of your meager funds on RC since you're about to go broke in the Stock Market so go out with a BANG . Just finished building out my F-18 3D cockpit and found out the RC Geek just came out with a "New and Improved" afterburner for the stock F-4 and F-18 outrunner with not one, but two split LED cones for the 2 nozzles. I had his original single LED cone in both my F-4's (and had the same ready to go in the F-18 when finished), but you just know that I had to have anything new and improved and received 3 cones yesterday. So now I'm modifying an earlier modification on the F-4's. For the F-18, I'll eventually end up putting an inrunner in that so in regards to the AB there, I'll be modifying a modification of a modification and I haven't even finished painting it's livery! Holey , I need to get back to flying. Anyway, the original AB in the F- 4's looked great, so we'll see how this new one burns. Any little bit extra is a bonus. I wish Chris would stop coming out with such cool new improvements, next thing he'll do is make an AB that shoots out flames and smoke; can't wait, I'll be first in line. He also just came out with a smaller AB for the twin 70mm SU-30, which of course I have the old (just 1 month ago) larger ones already in. May have to wait on that modification, but it reportedly does not reduce any EDF air flow as the larger ones do. Damn!!!!
Photo below shows the 3 new twin LED burners, versus the original single. There's 30 individual LED bulbs in the new twin, pointed directly out the nozzles, and only 21 bulbs in the original. Guess that's 30% more light, whoopee!
Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by Waconut View PostI just bought the same burner for my F-4 build. I am still in painting mode. I am on my 3rd jet in 2 months. I am going to go broke if this virus doesn’t clear out.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Rcfiddy1 Best wishes for your speedy recovery! In the meantime, nice looking dirty bird. The acronym for the last four words in your previous post made me chuckle.Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Hi guys,
It took me 3 hours and 6 test sprays before I finally got the color I wanted for the top of the F-4. It’s been a nice 2 days weather wise and the plane is going to cure in the sun the rest of the day.
I will let the latex paint cure until Friday before I start working on the panel lines and other details.
I called Larry at JHH and he had 5 pilots left in stock, he now only has 3. I will work on painting the 3D cockpit bits while waiting for the paint to cure.
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Originally posted by Waconut View PostHi guys,
It took me 3 hours and 6 test sprays before I finally got the color I wanted for the top of the F-4. It’s been a nice 2 days weather wise and the plane is going to cure in the sun the rest of the day.
I will let the latex paint cure until Friday before I start working on the panel lines and other details.
I called Larry at JHH and he had 5 pilots left in stock, he now only has 3. I will work on painting the 3D cockpit bits while waiting for the paint to cure.I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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I am an intermediate flyer and am considering the Flightline F4 Phantom. They offer both the 6S and 8S setups. I am sure once I am comfortable with it I will want the 8S. My question is, how much harder is the 8S to handle than the 6S? I could by the 6S and then upgrade but that is expensive. Can an intermediate just fly the 8S at a reduced speed and learn to fly it? Thanks for any feedback.
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