 Hi all Got my Christmas present early  . Build blog to follow. Kelvin
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 Very early Kelvin  you'll have it done by then! Btw, I knew your name range a bell, I've just packed of a prize to you sir!
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Hi David Thanks very much Santa Must practice 3D flying on the sim . Merry Christmas Kelvin
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The New year is almost here. Time to get building. Very good instruction book plus some extra info from the web on the Saito,my first four stroke ever and second IC engine in 30 years. The Saito. Spinner painted red. The bits box. The P-40E Warhawk ( forgot to include canopy and pilot in the picture). Happy New year Kelvin.
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Made a start tonight on the P-40  Went through all the bits and found some wrinkles on the wing tips, sorted them out with the iron,apart from the wrinkles the build quality and covering is very good. Wing tip wrinkle Sorted more soon
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 What was your first engine for 30 years? Nice blog by the way
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Hi Peter Sorry for the late reply trouble and strife on the home front  , SC 46 fitted to my Boomerang (not flown yet). The B-25 looks good , all the electrickery talk between you and Timbo has given me a headache.. I must gen up on the electrical side of things. Cheers Kelvin
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Well started the P-40 tonight . Following the instuctions, first job is to join the two wing panels Wing joiner Centre line marked Leadin edge wing retaining dowels. Dowels glued in place with epoxy. Dry run to test how well the wings fit together, wing joiner a nice tight fit with no gaps between the root ribs. The slight gap is because the wings are not supported whilst taking the picture. Bit late to epoxy up tonight more tommorrow. I know all this is a bit obvious, but I hope people who are new to the hobby will find this blog useful and realise the ARTF still needs quite a bit or work and care to achieve a good flying model . Kelvin.
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Joining of the wing halves. Fitting the wing joiner using pins to keep it nice and true. Plenty of 30 minute epoxy on the wing joiner and both the root wing ribs/cavity. This is the fun and messy part as the epoxy oozes out of the join like something out of a 50's si-fi B movie. I used a small clamp, the wing dowels and pair of bolts fitted in the wing bolt holes with rubber bands looped round to help in keeping the the wing true as the epoxy cures. and a few strips of masking tape. Cleaned off the excess epoxy with paper towel and rubbing alcohol, horrible job.
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The Saito should pull her round no problem Kelvin. I found my Saito 100 in the H9 Spit' needed a good 5-6 tanks of running-in mind.....
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Hi Kevin, Re-gluing wing halves together. Try putting masking tape on the surfaces to be glued and joined. Smear Vaseline on the wing surfaces where the overspill will be. Remove the masking tape and apply the glue. Fit the two wing halves together and support as you wish. When dry the excess glue should now come off without any trace on the finished surfaces. Works for me Kevin. Regards, Arthur
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Hi David, Thanks for the info,good review on the Saito125 in a rival magazine . Regards running in what oil would you recommend to prep the engine before first running? Hi Arthur, Will give it a go when fitting the tailplane,cheers. Fitted the wing bolt plate. Drilled the holes for the bolts. I use a low watt soldering iron to remove the covering prior to glueing the plate. This prevents damage when using a knife to the wood underneath possibly weakening the structure. Next came the blind nuts for the wing bolts, I used a wing bolt with oversize nuts for packing and a washer to pull the nuts in place . Fusalege with wings attached. Sorry about the double image, camera on the wrong setting .
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Good o' Kelvin. It's an unusual model but I always like the old P-40. BTW, have you flown the ME109 yet?
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Fitted the belly pan tonight. This covers the wing join nicely and hides the epoxy overspill  .
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Kelvin - re the ME109 - something not quite right there, ......first launch it look underpowered and the second looked like a balance issue?
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Hi David, I agree, wonder what he was saying to his friend . Looks like he gave up,no more videos since.
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Fitting the horizontal tailplane. Test fit ,mark with a felt tip pen. Remove the covering top and bottom ( I use a low watt soldering iron). Apply epoxy to the exposed area top and bottom. Elevator joiner in place . Slide the tailplane back into position, check the fit and the alignment. Strips of tape are to prevent any epoxy finger marks,made quite a neat job this time. Apologies for the slow progress, build time is limited at the moment (late night only)
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Fitting the vertical stabilizer. Remove tha covering. Epoxy into place. Check the fin is at 90 degrees to the stabilizer.
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