hcmbanjo
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This one has been sitting in my build pile for quite a while.
I'd like to fly it with an 18mm D. Any suggestions?
I bought the Semroc kit a few years back. This one was #15. I screwed up the landing gear and one shroud and set it aside for a few years. Recently, I made an order to Semroc for replacement parts and two weeks later, here are the finished pictures.
I'd forgotten what a involved build this was. I built the Estes original in the 1970s. This model is one of the reasons they are called "classics".
Taking cues from other threads, I painted the legs separately before gluing the whole thing together. When the shrouds were stacked, the fit was okay. There is a small step at the joint of the mid and upper shroud.
Decals didn't stick as well as I would have liked. I tried to go light with the white body spray paint, that gave me a semi-gloss finish which probably didn't help adhesion. But it's done!
Onto the next half finished bird.
I'd like to fly it with an 18mm D. Any suggestions?
I bought the Semroc kit a few years back. This one was #15. I screwed up the landing gear and one shroud and set it aside for a few years. Recently, I made an order to Semroc for replacement parts and two weeks later, here are the finished pictures.
I'd forgotten what a involved build this was. I built the Estes original in the 1970s. This model is one of the reasons they are called "classics".
Taking cues from other threads, I painted the legs separately before gluing the whole thing together. When the shrouds were stacked, the fit was okay. There is a small step at the joint of the mid and upper shroud.
Decals didn't stick as well as I would have liked. I tried to go light with the white body spray paint, that gave me a semi-gloss finish which probably didn't help adhesion. But it's done!
Onto the next half finished bird.