Morse Scout update

This has been a troublesome build. My son started it and built most of it and then tired of it. He just said for me to complete it which I shrugged a bit but grew fond of it quickly. Converting rubber to glow is always problematic as many areas not addressed in the initial kit need to be beefed up. In the case of this kit, the entire front from F-1 -F-5 has been sheeted and a new plywood firewall made to accept the engine. Guillows provided some crap vinyl stuff that they said is equal to or as good as plywood. Sheeting this was extremely difficult, many compound curves. This plane has two triangular shaped bulges on the sides which are also radiused. This was real fun. I don't use CA glues so there were times I needed to hold the model for several minutes until the glue tacked up.

            Landing gear struts were replaced with 1/8" bass as well as wing struts. Sheeting had to be installed wherever penetrations went through the wings such as struts. I used medium silkspan to cover the model and fuse which also presented challenges as well. The stab in the picture is clear with a dye that I've been using in my clear. This is what offered the amber color which is exactly what I will be doing the entire model in. No paint on this one other than clear due to weight issues.

          Power will be a Spitzy .045 on a eyedropper tank. I'm shooting to have this completed by the weekend of July 9. Our club and another club from New Jersey is having a large event which includes a swap meet and clown racing not too mention other fun time flying events. I have a few other free flight planes I recently completed to hopefully and successfully fly on that day.



   All sheeting was 1/32" doped and covered with silkspan