RE: Carf Tucano
Would be better if we could hear the motor instead of that awful music.
Posted on: 5/23/2013 4:36 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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RE: WACO YMF
Errol, that really looks great. I found that I could do away with the small sub formers so as to get a better look at the dash, yours would look even better if they did not obscurer the view of your dash. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 9/14/2012 1:04 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
ceije, ok, the aluminium hinge I used was bought - in by a local hardware store for me. tmac
Posted on: 8/30/2012 9:43 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Chris what material is your piano hinge made out of? I was able to get some aluminium hinge and have not had any binding issues at all. tmac
Posted on: 8/30/2012 6:03 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Jim, what info did you supply cal-grafx to get your graphics cut? tmac.
Posted on: 8/29/2012 12:16 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Thanks Errol, I had forgot about those counter balance's (static) I went the 4 servo rout thus did not use them. Chris not sure if I was able to get the PM to work if not then in answer yes top of bottom wing.
Posted on: 8/28/2012 3:33 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Thanks Jim, I will drop them a line. tmac
Posted on: 8/28/2012 2:38 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Errol, have you any photos showing the dash in-place ,also what is that bracket in the third photo? post more photos of your build please. tmac.
Posted on: 8/28/2012 12:36 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Errol, I suggest you do a test with the perimeter tapes on a curved area to get proficient at it, (I wish I had) I found that if I concentrated on securing the tape all the way round the tip in the centre only, then with the iron at a pretty high temp you work on the outer edges sort of shrinking and sticking down as you go. When I first started I got horrible results but I did get better at it in the end. Regarding the wing to wing fillet, yes I know your dilemma hear also. I just kept sanding back the trailing edge of the wing until I could get the wing to slide all the way home. As far as the tapes are concerned maybe some one else with more experience might jump in and enlighten the both of us. Do get back on how you get on. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 8/27/2012 4:56 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
chris. I have really started to get the gremlins on this site now, most of the time I get shut down because of a possible virus threat stopping me from logging in. Regarding the dash I really did not expect it to fit my Model because I realised that it was not specific to the Barth kit. All is well looks good enough to me.
Posted on: 8/26/2012 8:53 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
jmdunstan, congrats looks fantastic,could you tell me how you did the graphics on the cowl? Did you only have to stick them on after having them cut? Regards tmac.
Posted on: 8/26/2012 6:54 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
HI ALL, received my instrument assembly from IFLYTAILIES. com and happy to report that I was very impressed with the quality. Unfortunately I could not use the dash as supplied because it did not fit the Barth 1/3 scale Waco so I made my own backing and happy with the result.
Posted on: 8/25/2012 5:52 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Started to install radio gear bats, receiver, power-box etc., and thought I had better check the c of g with the plane in its present state. The wings still need the final top coat of yellow but as the model sits at the moment the balance is bang on with Peters recommendations, so I will wait until I have all the painting done for I will be able to balance out the model with the placement of all the ancillary gear without having to add any dead weight. tmac
Posted on: 8/18/2012 7:29 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Sorry, having trouble with this site it is taking that long to upload that you end up double posting. tmac
Posted on: 8/17/2012 4:18 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Yes, welcome Steve, a real friendly mob on this site, enjoy. Dash, Peter supplies all the hardware to do the flying and landing wires but me being me used my own wire and made the stainless threaded swagged ends. The turn-buckles are in the kit and the other fork ends I purchased from Hans (Aero Scale Products of Switzerland) along with the scale wires for the rear surfaces. Regards tmac
Posted on: 8/17/2012 3:47 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
mrdhud,no need to screw the wings on they are held in place with the flying and landing wires. regards tmac.
Posted on: 8/16/2012 7:13 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Thank you all for your kind comments, I can say that I have witnessed a lot better builds here on this thread,and I personally know of other guys here in AUS that have, and are building large WACOS that would leave mine for dead. I will see if I can get permission to post some of there planes. I have been hoping that Peter Barth would produce a 40% er but if not then I will purchase another 1/3 scale WACO and fix all the little things that I did wrong on this one. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 8/16/2012 2:34 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
HI guys, starting to look like a WACO now.
Posted on: 8/15/2012 7:40 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Hi Dash, It is a 1/3 scale kit from Peter Barth in Germany. Peter makes a superb kit and is a real great guy to deal with I just wish he would make a 40 percenter, maybe one day. No on the Radial, DA 150. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 8/4/2012 6:31 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Hi All, been some time since I last posted. Have finally got a bit of colour on the old girl, starting to get a little excited again, still lots to do but I am enjoying the build. Will post a few photos. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 8/3/2012 11:36 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
[quote]ORIGINAL: ceije [quote]ORIGINAL: jmdunstan Correction: After further searching of the Century Jet website I finally found this link http://centuryjet.com/product_info.php/cPath/41_50/products_id/510.  It describes the struts as for the Genesis 33% WACO, but says that the upper mechanism is 1/5 scale.  I have sent an e-mail to Century Jet requesting clarification.  Does anyone have experience with these struts?  They would be the most expensive part of my airplane, and I don't want to waste my money if they are not a significant improvement over wire pr aluminum struts with a center shock-absorbing link. Thanks, Jim [/quote] jmdunstan, i'm building a Barth 1/4 scale and had sent the prebent wire gear to bruce at century jet and they reproduced it for me. if you go far enough back in the forum within the last 150 pages i posted pictures. his assembly is super can't tell how well it works i'm not even close to finished yet. bruce will set the strut preasure to whatever weight you give him. ho yes, the gear is to scale and if you decide to go with it bruce needs demensions for the size required for your bird (a little leg work on your part) expect about a mont or a little longer delivery time. have fun and enjoy... chris melhus, ceije 196 [/quote] PAGE 571 They really look great, would be interested in the price for a set to suit the 1/3 scale Barth kit.
Posted on: 5/17/2012 4:21 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Blackwidow, Your balance or c of g is pretty good, definitely not tail heavy, your problem is with the incidents . Barth recommends +2 degrees on stab, -2 degrees on the upper wing & 0 degrees on the lower wing. c of g directly in front of or directly behind of aft centre wing cabane. Good luck, hope this helps. Terry (tmac48)
Posted on: 5/15/2012 9:04 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Errol, regarding your email, I was able to do the fuselage in one piece as the Waco has a FG turtle deck that allowed me to start and finish on the top as the turtle deck covers that area. What made it easer for me was that I only had to cover aft of the rear cockpit for the rest of fuselage is covered with alloy. Regards tmac. ( PS I would be interested as to how other builders go about covering the fus?)
Posted on: 5/14/2012 12:06 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
[quote]ORIGINAL: WacoNut My 1/3 Waco went in today. [:o][:@][:@][:o] You can see pics in the scale forum. Anthony [/quote] A bloody shame about your WACO Nut, I have been away fishing for 10 days and when I got back I was confronted with two holes in the top of one of the bottom wings punched through with the handlebars of the granddaughters push bike. I was not all that impressed but I guess you would swap damage with me. I really hope you get yours fixed and in the air again for she sure is a fine looking ship. As for the granddaughter I still love her to death. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 5/13/2012 11:50 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: bud nosen 102
[quote]ORIGINAL: coxco Who makes retracts for the Nosen 102 inch P 51?  [/quote] Anco made retracts back when,I made a dozen sets to go in a 111 in Stang . All sold now except for two pair that need final assembly have the original set of oleo struts that came with the Anco retracts The struts that I made had a sweep forward to get the wheels to protrude further in front of the c of g and retract back in the scale position of the wing. 6 1/2 wheels $550 the lot. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 5/1/2012 7:33 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: WACO YMF
Dash7ATP, the blue vinyl was a piece of old left over from another project ( a modeller mates ) WacoNut, It wont be too difficult, I will get a cutter to do the hard bit, that way all the bumps will be the same, and I can play with the actual shape to get it looking better. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 4/29/2012 6:37 PM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Hi all, had a go at the little thingy,s on the bumps. Cut the front half separate to the tail and it went pretty good, guess this is the way I will be doing mine. Regards tmac.
Posted on: 4/29/2012 4:41 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
[quote]ORIGINAL: yel914 I ended up making a template for the crab stencil out of brass sheet, which made it easier to make multiple stencils. I cut the stencils from blue masking tape over glass and used a swivel head Xacto knife to cut them out. It worked out pretty well and really didn't take that long. [/quote] yel914 That is a seriously good looking model, you guys are are doing a darn good job at motivating me to get mine finished. Regards tmac
Posted on: 4/27/2012 2:44 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Errol, real neat work, good shots of your building skills, post more photos when you can. Real envious of your dash panel,I think I can recognize it as the one supplied from Voglesang is this correct? regards tmac.( PS what motor are you going to use?)
Posted on: 4/26/2012 7:47 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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RE: WACO YMF
Thanks Nut, good job,hope I can do as well. Regards tmac
Posted on: 4/26/2012 12:19 AM by Author "tmac48" in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
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