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Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
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rsv1cox- Top Poster
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
Bob, you've rescue/restored another! Fine looking flyer for sure. That red nose cone really looks like it belongs there. Is a flight planned?
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
Please Bob.
Get your son to give it a shot. I mean, who's ever seen one of these fly? An .11 is a pretty big engine for an RTF plastic plane so I'd be really curious about how the thing flys.
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
Looking Good Brother , It would bee a site to see in the air !
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
My son came over a couple of days ago for a day of log cutting and brush burning. He always noses around my workshop and checked out the Gilbert. He liked it a lot, especially the airfoil wing. Maybe this Spring. Of all my plastic airplanes this one shows the most C/L potential.
Next victim is already under construction....................
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1741](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1741.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1740](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1740.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1738](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1738.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1739](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1739.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1811](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1811.jpg)
When you just don't care, and weight isn't an issue.
Next victim is already under construction....................
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1741](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1741.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1740](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1740.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1738](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1738.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1739](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1739.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1811](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1811.jpg)
When you just don't care, and weight isn't an issue.
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
What is that? Bondo?
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
Marleysky wrote:What is that? Bondo?![]()
Looks like it, but no it's just off-the -shelf spackling compound. I just now gave it a final sanding with 400 grit and hardened it with Min Wax sanding sealer.
I removed the foam/plywood affair that the PO used and replaced it with plastic mesh screening formed and sealed along the edges with canopy cement. Really, it's pretty thin. The old rectangular Perfect tank will go back in as it fits well.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1742](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1742.jpg)
Instead of taking the model apart the PO just cut a door in the planes side and slipped it in. Made a mess, but I think he just wanted to get it back in the air. This one gets an olive drab paint job and decals. Wings and tail will remain yellow.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Boeing11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/boeing11.jpg)
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
I painted the fuselage on that cut-up P-26. Satin Italian olive. The spackled repair turned out pretty nice, difficult to tell it from the original.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Boeing12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/boeing12.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1812](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1812.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1813](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1813.jpg)
If it turns out nice, I will steal one of the other P-26's engine cowl and false cylinders. I printed out both sticky backed and water slide decals for it in the correct scale. Thinking about an over-coat of gloss clear to resemble the picture above, but military style favors the satin look.
The Gilbert is in good company.
A couple more and I will have a squadron.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1814](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1814.jpg)
I call this seeifican See-if-I-can. Just to see if I can. I can make the extremities out of balsa, but the back half of the fuselage is a challenge. But I'm happy with the results of the plastic mesh screening and spackling compound although plaster of Paris might work better. Just form the screen over one of the other fuselages back half and apply compound and let dry, then harden with sanding sealer. Seeifican!
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1815](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1815.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Boeing12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/boeing12.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1812](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1812.jpg)
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1813](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1813.jpg)
If it turns out nice, I will steal one of the other P-26's engine cowl and false cylinders. I printed out both sticky backed and water slide decals for it in the correct scale. Thinking about an over-coat of gloss clear to resemble the picture above, but military style favors the satin look.
The Gilbert is in good company.
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![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1814](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1814.jpg)
I call this seeifican See-if-I-can. Just to see if I can. I can make the extremities out of balsa, but the back half of the fuselage is a challenge. But I'm happy with the results of the plastic mesh screening and spackling compound although plaster of Paris might work better. Just form the screen over one of the other fuselages back half and apply compound and let dry, then harden with sanding sealer. Seeifican!
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1815](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1815.jpg)
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
the repair came out good , is that a plane that needs a fuse section thats missing? wing has a nice shape to it .
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
Great Work, Bob!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
getback wrote:the repair came out good , is that a plane that needs a fuse section thats missing? wing has a nice shape to it .
Yeah, just trying to make something out of nothing on that one.
Other one is coming along. I keep pecking at it. Put the same fuel tank back in without all the stuff that the PO had holding it. I just tacked the four corners with canopy cement and plumbed the overflow, something that the PO did not do. Still have to cut and secure the bitter ends. Aluminum tube will provide some stability and be secured from underneath.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it P1012484](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/p1012484.jpg)
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Old half balsa wing behind it's tail will have to give up it's cowl and false cylinder array for the painted model.
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Beautiful Fleet!
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Re: Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it
Oldenginerod wrote:
Bob. I'm not sure what's going on with the fuel tank position there, but I doubt that you'll have any fuel feed if its ever flown. Looks 90º out to me!
Can't help it Rod, that's the way I found it and it evidently ran/flew as there was residual fuel in the line. But your right, I will never attempt to even run it. I just try to make them runable/flyable for future generations. I have several tanks that I could use that might work better, but this one I have to admit is a great fit.
Can't get over the PO cutting the side open to get it in. Butcher.
The engine is a replacement, the original had the needle broken off in the spray bar.
And yes, It is 90 degrees out. Fuel pickup should be on the other side. I used the original fuel lines with the bends that fit best. I might swap it with new tubing.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it Dscn1743](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/dscn1743.jpg)
Big tank, full it would take a while before centrifugal force would starve the engine.
I still have decals to go on. Much reduced in size especially the side stripping. And no extension on the cowl. Original pictured above is way to garish.
![Gilbert Skyflash, about as far as I'm going to take it P1012489](https://i.servimg.com/u/f43/19/15/28/33/p1012489.jpg)
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