Late to the party...searched about grey only paint or blue angels. why no other liveries?
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Originally posted by Daryl View PostLate to the party...searched about grey only paint or blue angels. why no other liveries?
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 Daryl View PostLate to the party...searched about grey only paint or blue angels. why no other liveries?
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Callie is a bit backed up. I understand the desire to not have to paint a livery also.
I was pretty leery of trying and I have to say, there's a reason why I don't do it much, the result wasn't great without an airbrush and my modelling skills have never been stellar. But, I learned something and will do better the next time....if there is a next time.
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Originally posted by Evan D View PostYes, I worked on them and other carrier based planes for years. Not to say that I do mixing that the real planes do though, I do mixing that I want to try and see how it works.
Remember to make appropriate pitch mixing especially for the rudder airbrakes.
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Originally posted by Daryl View PostLate to the party.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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The43rdHammer , Whoa, now that's some articulate work. Looking good, Sir. Best, LBI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
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Thanks chaps, that's very nice of you to say so 😁
I'm going to attack the canopy and some of the fuselage as where the decal needed to be trimmed there are some join lines (admittedly you need to look closely to see them but still...)
I've yet to lacquer in matt yet, which will dull everything down and I bought some of these Army Painter sprays which are supposed to be very good. I know a lot of the professional model makers use them.
Will report back:
Andy
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Originally posted by The43rdHammer View PostHugh "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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I know it definitely would be wrong, but wonder how the new Mig 29 would look in this Bumble Bee scheme, not like I'd ever do something that's outrageously off from scale!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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Wow kudos to your patience The43rdHammer ! If I had half of yours I could finally get some of these nagging projects done around the house!My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Finally pressed the button on a FW F-18 Blue Angels High Power. Its an itch that has been bothering me since that disaster of a plane, the E-Flite F-18.
I'm looking forward to the build, is there anything i need to check (other than the usual)? I will be using a Turnigy 5K HD pack with a AR637T RX (with a mild gyro mix).
She should keep me busy until the Fulcrum arrives in the UK. Happy flying.
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Originally posted by Corsair nut View Post
On my f18 i had tailerons...flaperons..full span flaps. One thing i did to reduce top stalling on flare and also accerated stall on hard pulls...was to mix reflex into the the ailerons with elevator up input. So as i started to flare...the ailerons reduced their flap throw..to help reduce the tip stalling. It worked really well. I use the same thing on my f14 full span flapsMeridian Aeromodelers, Meridian MS
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Originally posted by seaviper View Post
I think I will program in some reflex as well. Also, is the book CG correct? Or should it be a little more forward? It seems that the videos I have seen show people running the CG at about 10mm forward of the book value.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 Hugh Wiedman View Post
I actually fly mine about 3-4mm aft of the book CG and for me, that's where it seems best. You will find that at the book CG and especially forward of that, you will need a LOT of up trim.
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Hornet Howners, It's all 'baby-steps' though making progress with the paint and install of a few more 3DP bits. Having big fun as she's starting to look like something again. Somewhere in the instructions I recall reading the 'build time' was 2 hours and thinking, "that would would awesome." More when there's more. Best, LB
5 PhotosI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
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