Official Dynam 1500mm B-26 Marauder Thread

[ryramZ]

Check the fowler flap hinges. Two of mine were barely glued. I guess I got the Friday at 4:30 in China special version... Changed the wheels first thing! Had to do it....

Yes just don't over glue the one with the linkage. Make sure your ailerons don't bind with the outer flap when deployed. I had to sand a little. Flak bait is coming along!

[themudduck]

I fixed the two small dings I had on the left side of the fuselage with some Beacon Foam-Filler, sanded, then painted with Tamiya spray paint TS-17 "Gloss Aluminum".
I masked-off and repainted the two panels in the center of the pic. The color and finish seem to be a perfect match to the adjacent panels.

The lighting in this pic make it look worse than it does in person.... to my eye it looks just as good as the rest of the plane.

You can also see that the fit of the top hatch is pretty poor - I haven't figured that out yet.

[TiredIronGRB]

Here's the new nose image...

[ryramZ]

Here's the new nose image...

Sweet, you fixed it! I wonder if rcgeek can do something with that.

[rifleman_btx]

I fixed the two small dings I had on the left side of the fuselage with some Beacon Foam-Filler, sanded, then painted with Tamiya spray paint TS-17 "Gloss Aluminum".
I masked-off and repainted the two panels in the center of the pic. The color and finish seem to be a perfect match to the adjacent panels.

The lighting in this pic make it look worse than it does in person.... to my eye it looks just as good as the rest of the plane.

You can also see that the fit of the top hatch is pretty poor - I haven't figured that out yet.

Looks good to me, and when the star and bar gets applied won't even be noticable at all

[themudduck]

Here's the new nose image...

Here's a dumb question - are you cutting off that chunk of foam that's sticking out of the bombardier's position, so you'll have a flat surface to stick the photo onto? :Confused:
I'll install mine this evening and take a pic, unless someone else does it first...

[TiredIronGRB]

Here's a dumb question - are you cutting off that chunk of foam that's sticking out of the bombardier's position, so you'll have a flat surface to stick the photo onto? :Confused:
I'll install mine this evening and take a pic, unless someone else does it first...

Yes, I cut it off flush...if you print the image at 100% scale it fits perfect.

[themudduck]

Hey guys - I removed the four wing-mount screws (used an electric drill, it takes only 3,000 revolutions to get them out, I think they're 2 inches long)... anyway the wing would not come off.
Is it glued? Have any of you removed the wing? Should I just pull harder and pray that nothing breaks?

[TiredIronGRB]

Hey guys - I removed the four wing-mount screws (used an electric drill, it takes only 3,000 revolutions to get them out, I think they're 2 inches long)... anyway the wing would not come off.
Is it glued? Have any of you removed the wing? Should I just pull harder and pray that nothing breaks?

The paint sticks, just keep working it loose.

[ryramZ]

Hey guys - I removed the four wing-mount screws (used an electric drill, it takes only 3,000 revolutions to get them out, I think they're 2 inches long)... anyway the wing would not come off.
Is it glued? Have any of you removed the wing? Should I just pull harder and pray that nothing breaks?

Pull from the back as well.

[rifleman_btx]

Well I found something I'm alittle worried about. Nylon gear servos for the nose gear steering? You're killin me Smalls!

[TiredIronGRB]

Nose graphic installed...

[ryramZ]

Nose graphic installed...

So cool!

[TiredIronGRB]

Gear doors...

[rifleman_btx]

Guess I'm the unlucky first b26 fatality.. :(. She seemed too tail heavy even after I checked her,.not even sure what I did wrong. I kept speed up in the turn and then she just snapped over. She was snapping out of loops too. The turn this happened on was not even aggressive at all. Really felt like a hand full in flight. Really scary

[Hardway]

Wow.... I am really sorry that happened... How was your elevator throw? Did you have any expo in it? Not asking for any reason other than to figure out what happened.... CG was good? Bummer Bro....
I had a Zero that was so touchy even with a bit nose-heavy CG, that if I didn't limit the throws and have 60% expo, it was a snap-a-matic...

[rifleman_btx]

Might have been the throws. But I never use more than 1/4 stick when I'm doing a shakedown,. It almost crashed on the maiden rotation. It rolled left immediately. All the snapovers were to the left as well

[ruffneckx1]

That nose mod looks great. :Cool:

Rifleman......sorry about your loss. :(

TIGRB...are you only using one gear door per wheel ?


Woody

[Hardway]

Might have been the throws. But I never use more than 1/4 stick when I'm doing a shakedown,. It almost crashed on the maiden rotation. It rolled left immediately. All the snapovers were to the left as well

Always left... Let me think on that a bit... I would say P factor, but with counter rotating props, that shouldn't have been an issue at all... Just feeling bad for you.... That really is not cool for your first flight. :-)

[Hardway]

Woody, I have a nose of a T-28 in my shop that looks strangely similar to your avatar.... :-) Was talking to my buddy and flew it into the ground on landing approach.... LOL