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Post by Mr NCT on Jan 28, 2023 18:50:04 GMT
Just finished this out of the new shiny maker board. Not real happy with the maker board, very wavy all through the 20 piece box. But for a quick build with no finishing it's fine. Nice flying plane though I think I'll increase the throws a bit.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jan 29, 2023 0:55:22 GMT
That looks fun! I think the flerkin is my next FT build, I should go ahead and get it laid out so droneflyer200 isn't alone. I saw Foamy DM post that up in the discord, I am glad it flies good. Looks fun. Honestly, all of the DTFB I picked up recently was pretty trash, but I got a box of the black, and it looks pretty dang nice. |
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Post by Hey Looks great on Jan 29, 2023 14:50:22 GMT
Hey she Looks great and flies well too I like Sp0nz stuff! I enjoy The Bloody Wonder mark III and I have the plans for his Side Winder and the Bloody Baron with the more conventional tail setup. I have to stay on course so the next up for me is The Tudor. I'm building it specifically to put on floats for water flying at my brother in-laws cottage. I have also downloaded the plans for the Polaris I have been flying the model of the Polaris in my flight sim and Im impressed with how it handles. So I think I will build one as well. I'm getting the Urge to try my hand at a four engine bomber say an Avro Lancaster I have plans for a foam board Lanc.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Jan 29, 2023 14:51:33 GMT
oh dam I forgot to log in that last Guest was me! oh yea I have been getting sub-par adams readi board up here in canada as well at my local dolar tree its nice and light less then 4 oz per sheet but many of the sheets are wavy and even warped as well. adams needs to come up with better packaging.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jan 30, 2023 3:07:34 GMT
oh dam I forgot to log in that last Guest was me! oh yea I have been getting sub-par adams readi board up here in canada as well at my local dolar tree its nice and light less then 4 oz per sheet but many of the sheets are wavy and even warped as well. adams needs to come up with better packaging. I found a rash of bad stuff, but I bought a box of black and it is pristine. |
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Post by Mr NCT on Jan 30, 2023 16:03:15 GMT
When the maker board arrived I emailed the FT store and told them how wavy it was and sent pics. Their reply was that all Adams board is wavy and Josh even showed him the brown stuff and how wavy it is. I get that they have no control over what Adams sends but for almost $3.50 a sheet when you add shipping I think I'll just keep going to DT and hand pick the good ones.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Jan 30, 2023 16:32:37 GMT
I agree!
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jan 31, 2023 3:01:50 GMT
When the maker board arrived I emailed the FT store and told them how wavy it was and sent pics. Their reply was that all Adams board is wavy and Josh even showed him the brown stuff and how wavy it is. I get that they have no control over what Adams sends but for almost $3.50 a sheet when you add shipping I think I'll just keep going to DT and hand pick the good ones. On a complete sidenote, I remember you saying that you thinned latex house paint to paint a plane. How did you thin it and how much did it take? I have a little 8oz sample bottle I want to paint my twin hooptie with. |
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Post by Mr NCT on Jan 31, 2023 12:30:52 GMT
I thinned it 50-50 with 90% alcohol (dries fast) and used a cheapo airbrush set from Harbor Freight. Doing 3 thin coats on the Staggerwing only took 1/2 of a Lowes sample size.
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Post by droneflyer200 on Jan 31, 2023 16:47:27 GMT
I wish I could find urethane paint like the old flecto paint it was like the minwax polyurethane but colored .
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jan 31, 2023 23:38:11 GMT
I thinned it 50-50 with 90% alcohol (dries fast) and used a cheapo airbrush set from Harbor Freight. Doing 3 thin coats on the Staggerwing only took 1/2 of a Lowes sample size. Thanks. I may load it up in my HVLP sprayer depending on how lazy I feel, or just slather it on with a brush. I wish I could find urethane paint like the old flecto paint it was like the minwax polyurethane but colored . That sounds primo. I would love that. Heck, I would be happy to find rustoleum (or tremclad for you) enamel in the paint cans, non aerosol. |
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Post by droneflyer200 on Feb 1, 2023 4:41:57 GMT
I have been using what Mr overstreet recommended Rust-Oleum x enamel but it has a small amount of acetone in it and if you your not careful in your preparation of the foam board it can attack bear foam.Back in my balsa days I use to use airogloss dope sanding sealer then varathane or epoxy paint.I could buy foam sealer from the local RC model shop but it tends to be pricey when I can get a gallon of minwax for about 80 bucks Canadian. I tried art type airbrush acrylic paint but didn't like the way it sprayed from an airbrush and it added too much weight.Im going to have to look around and see what's available and what works.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Feb 1, 2023 18:21:34 GMT
I used the thinned latex brush on and it seems to be pretty good. Adheres well and is a little flexy. I will get the sprayer out and finish the plane. If this works, it is how I will paint the J-10
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