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One day later than planned, but I did finally get started on the fuselage today. After a very enjoyable 70 mins or so I have this - not much more to say really, the laser cutting is excellent and the resulting ply fuse box is die straight. The trickiest bit is holding it all together “dry” - I started by using clamps, but masking tape proved to be a better solution. Just be careful not to put it too near a joint or it will wick up the CA. It’s all a bit wobbly until the second fuselage side goes on… My only other issue was remembering where I’d already gone with the cyano! ? Can’t really criticise VMC for that though…

I have now uploaded Paul's video to YouTube. Condor test flight It was a bit breezy and take off was brisker than normal!

Nearly done now, just got the exhaust, a bit of undercarriage detailing and the wheels to paint. My scheme is that of Lores Bonney, she attempted to become the first woman to fly solo from Australia to England, her first attempt ended in a forced landing in a storm and much damage to her Moth. Whilst it was being repaired Amy Johnson did the trip but in the opposite direction. Undeterred Lores flew Australia to England to be the first solo woman to make the trip in that direction, her aircraft was named My little ship. Pictures taken today just before i flew it again.

its coming along beautifully

It was last year's build and I'm running out of room ! There's a chipmunk, a Sea Fury and a 1/4 scale Tiger Moth waiting to be finished and a Bobcat Twin that I must finish drawing up ready to build over the winter. I need to find the space for them. The Condor was a project that was 3O years in the making. I am very happy I finished it, that all my design modifications worked, and that I successfully sorted the model out. Time to move on.

Yep. I also 3d printed myself a holder for the use of.

Just loops, spins, barrel rolls and stall turns, nothing too extreme but exciting for a youngster. I remember checking the fuel pumps, jam your foot against the wheel, hang on to the engine bearers then lift the priming lever to de-activate the two pumps, one at a time, whilst the engine was run at full throttle. quite refreshing !!!!

Update on laminating film. I covered a small frame in matt laminating film. It looks a lot like tissue and rskes paint very well. I put it in the green house at the beginning of last year. Idea was to see if it would loosen with high temperatures or become degraded by UV . Checked it the other day and it's still tight as a drum with no signs of lifting or degrading. Looks a good un.

Hi Matt, and I am really pleased that you have enjoyed the thread. My goal when writing the scale column for the magazine, posts on here, and the videos, is to inspire and show how stuff can be done and its not too hard with patience and care. This post has made my day thanks If I can offer some advice on the choice of subject, keep it fairly simple and easy to fly, there is nothing worse than building something gorgeous and then you are too afraid to fly it. My first real scale model was a Hurricane and its lovely, but still hasn't flown. The Chipmunk is an excellent choice, great flyer, fixed undercarriage. Other good choices are many of the high wing cabin models just watch the amount of glazing. I did a Super Cub for indoor scale and it was a great choice. I too peered into Pete's DH9 (or was it Micks??) and seeing the half eaten sandwich and mug of coffee made me feel quite inadequate. Cheers Danny

Well thankyou, I hope it will be. I have thought of the method you describe, I will mull it over, I don't want to spoil the ship etc, so there's no rush really. I might try vortex vac forms range of canopies and see if something is suitable.

No more than a ‘scratch’ to a man of your calibre Eric.

No I'm the same David Davis. It's just that when I use my lap top in bed first thing in the morning with a cup of tea by my side, I'm David Davis 2 and when I use my PC I'm David Davis with a nice picture of me carrying my Big Giff after its maiden flight! I'm not very good with computers!

If you don't want a particular shape, then all you need is to find a bottle nearly the right size and heat a little to bend/shrink/coax the edge to fit to the fuselage. No plug, but you have not got much choice of shape. But I think my levels of "acceptable" are rather lower than yours! This looks like a beautiful model.

Evening all, Saudi Arabia this weekend, and despite a missile attack on a nearby oil facility the GP is going ahead. So, time for my usual reminder; Don't forget your predictions! Both P1 and P2 have been headed by Leclerc from Verstappen. Hamilton could only manage 9th in P1, but got 5th in P2 behind the Ferraris and Red Bulls. Vettel again misses the race due to Covid, with his seat at Aston Martin taken by Hulkenberg. Qualifying is at 5pm UK-time on Saturday, with the race at 6pm after the clocks go forwards overnight. Good luck, everyone!

Yes some great stuff there a friend printed my Hellcat engine

Had the maiden flight yesterday of the Seagull Boomerang and everything went well. Due to bad weather and ill health, I'm just getting round to it now. I'm very pleased with the way it flew and the Saito 62 was a good power match. When I brought it into land, it touched down nicely. The larger wheels made a difference. I'm looking forward to get flying again with it very soon. Thanks for all the advice from you guys on this site. ?

Well done David, it certainly stirred up a lot of interest at the model field like Bees around a flower, I watched the (rubbish)video that I took as shaky as a leaf in the Mistral, and the gust of wind that threw it in the air at take off, it certainly is a sturdy flyer and crowd puller.

It may not achieve anything. But it will remind the minister that we are NOT sheep. We are also voters! There may not be a lot of us, but in a tight election, every one counts. I do hear and understand what you are saying. I am just fed up by constantly being ignored by the powers that be. Sometimes it is useful to remind them that we do have minds of our own, and don't believe everything that governments tell us. If we just continue to accept things without protest, we will soon regret it. -- Pete

One quick addition before I start the build this evening... On opening the package I found the wrong motor had been supplied (I'd ordered the slightly higher performance Sport motor, but the Std had been sent). I sent them a quick email, and within 15 mins I was called by them to apologise annd tell me a replacement would be in the post within the hour at no charge! That's great service, so good in fact that I decided to pay for the replacement motor - I have a project that the std one will probably work for, and if not it just provides a nice excuse to buy the Cub at a later date... ?

Each rib is 200 mm long, 25.4 mm tall, 3 mm thick and weighs 1.24 g. I have not made a direct comparison with a balsa rib but it would have to use pretty soft stock to match the weight and as a result would not be as stiff. This printed rib was intended to be match one cut from 3 mm thick Depron sheet. The printed rib ended up about the same weight is considerably stiffer but is of course far more accurate in profile and is readily repeatable, just by pressing a button. ?

This is how it looks after the 3rd flight, cause as yet unknown. When I get it back together I may find out why it went into a flat spin on the climb out.