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Arrival day!
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After sanding and filler putty
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After first coat of primer, rivets are laid
on
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Retracts installed and scale details
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A modified syringe filled with Elmer's
glue is used to put on the rivets
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Since the rivets are raised, final sanding
is impossible, so a sealer is used to lock
in the rivet detail and provide a ultra
smooth surface to paint on right out of the
gun.
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A magic marker is used to make a spotlight
to save some dough!
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LED light harness: 7.00
Magic marker(used)
0.00
Fights with spouse avoided for spending
$50.00 on a scale spotlight:
1
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After the first coat of base(which will
be the trim color in the final product)
I had to install the light kit just to
see how it will look!
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The second coat of color.
Base is very delicate in
this stage and a special
masking tape is used to keep
from pulling up the white
undercoat
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After the final coat of
clear which gives it the
luster and protection
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A little striping tape and
some decale really bring it
to life, soon to come, scale
wiper blades, door handles,
and antennas.
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Now to fit this into that
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a few modifications were
required on the frame and
the fuel tank had to be
replaced with a smaller one
to fit the fuselage.
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The receiver and battery
mount is cut away and a new
one is built from plywood
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Night time at Tri-city
airport
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I got a lot of looks form
the ground crew laying face
down in a vacant lot
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