building a Guillows kit P 40

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You're just about ready for paint! Is the FW removable?

@ARUP wrote:You're just about ready for paint! Is the FW removable?

I still have alot of tedious work to do befor i paint it, Yes the firewall is removeable for easy access to the fuel tank. How is your Kate coming along?

Coming along Nicely!! I see your running the control through the fuse , that's going to be cool are you mounting the bellcrank on the wing ? Thanks for posting updates . getback

@getback wrote:Coming along Nicely!! I see your running the control through the fuse , that's going to be cool are you mounting the bellcrank on the wing ? Thanks for posting updates . getback  

Thanks Eric. the leadouts run through the wing to the belcranks in the fuse.. I think i'm going to cover the wings but leave the fuse wood with sanding sealer and paint.

I'd cover the whole thing if I were you. My eldest son's last Scale ship was a 27 inch Guillows FW-190 with a Fuji 09 R/C with a JRoberts bellcrank in it and it was all 1/32nd planked with tissue over it. Pretty strong and flew well. He won Jounior Scale at the Nats two years in a row with it, still looks nice today hanging in my hangar.

With a lot of incidence in the wing like the plans it was trim sensitive for speed, ie; it climbed when you went faster so needed a lot of down and opposite as it slowed. Just like a real airplane.

He made those big wing to fuselage intersevtion fairings from card stock just like the plans and it works very well, trace the template and white glue it once you have it finally in position. Looks great and is an easy technique.

Nice to see good looking Scale models built here, look forward to seeing more.

Chris...

@stuntflyr wrote:I'd cover the whole thing if I were you. My eldest son's last Scale ship was a 27 inch Guillows FW-190 with a Fuji 09 R/C with a JRoberts bellcrank in it and it was all 1/32nd planked with tissue over it. Pretty strong and flew well. He won Jounior Scale at the Nats two years in a row with it, still looks nice today hanging in my hangar.

With a lot of incidence in the wing like the plans it was trim sensitive for speed, ie; it climbed when you went faster so needed a lot of down and opposite as it slowed. Just like a real airplane.

He made those big wing to fuselage intersevtion fairings from card stock just like the plans and it works very well, trace the template and white glue it once you have it finally in position. Looks great and is an easy technique.

Nice to see good looking Scale models built here, look forward to seeing more.

Chris...

Thanks stuntflr, Would you mind posting a picthure of his plane on here?

They're all film prints, but I'll take some pictures of it later, on the road to Christmas fun!
Chris...

@stuntflyr wrote:They're all film prints, but I'll take some pictures of it later, on the road to Christmas fun!
Chris...

Thanks Chris

@Kim wrote:Beautiful Work!

'Must-Resist-Clearing-Bench-And-Starting-New-Guillows-Project' !!!

Fighting Temptation Kim

Resistance is futile! Get busy, slacker!

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Lookin' good! Won't be long until flying commences.

@akjgardner wrote:Started building this Guillows P 40 and half way into it decided to post my progress. This is going to be a CL powered by a tee dee .051

What about the Black Lynx?
and the build looks great what scale is it?

@cox24711 wrote:

@akjgardner wrote:Started building this Guillows P 40 and half way into it decided to post my progress. This is going to be a CL powered by a tee dee .051

What about the Black Lynx?
and the build looks great what scale is it?

Hey Greg . Thanks for the comments, I am going to put a tee dee in this one .I got in a hurry on the paint and messed it up a little so I am going to build another one and put my black lynx in it.

cool

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Still have work to do..... I have made some mistakes. (hopefully i'll learn from them) but its getting there

came in at just under 12 ouces. Is that to heavy for a tee dee .051

I'd say that's pretty darn good! Nice build, looks great, greenie worthy!

Lookin' good!

Sure looks good! Wish I could give input about weight. It ought to fly alright.

Looks Good to me Joe , I am not sure of the weight but I think that is reasonable for a TD .051 what prop are you going with or have you got that far ? Eric