john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Skywriter sign up time then folks. Could you put your names down if intending to build one. Keep chat in the chat thread so counting is easier please. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm In. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 My plan is to build a) Skywriter b) Kwik Fli 3 (original scale) as it's the 50th anniversary Undecided as yet as to which order to build in, but probably the KF3 first whilst studying the Skywriter plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Hofman Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The rubber mans arm has been twisted......................count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm gonna be writing in the sky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Winks Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm in this year John and greenacres in July too with any luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Barlow Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm in too although I do have a few builds planned over winter so it'll probably have to share a crowded bench! Please excuse the mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low pass Pete Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hi all Same as Chris, I'm in, but already I have two projects on the go. A DB Sport and Scale Tiger Moth and a sport model Dereck Woodward's Holi so will be slow of the mark due to space restriction. Cheers Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I am a probable. My brain says if I am going to build a Bipe then make it a Tiggie or a Pitts. My heart tells me I have a 100% MB track record (I think I am the only remaining survivor) and I dont want to lose that unqualified status symbol. But right now, I need a short break from buiulding so it wont be a 1/1 start for me. Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I've just realised why John keeps posting messages that just say "bump". Durr... I've ordered the Skywriter plan, and I've just visited my LMS to restock my balsa supplies which were running a little low; was down to my last sheet of 1/16 (oh no!). I got stuff for the next item in my build queue (the KF3) and hopefully enough general purpose supplies that I won't have much more to get once I've seen the MB plan. Also got a Bearcat that got shelved mid last year, probably ought to resurrect that and see if I can finish it over the winter. So my Skywriter is, like Martyn, unlikely to be started on 1st Jan. Looking forward to a bit of fretwork though. I can listen along to Fretwork whilst doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hi Simon, Do please enlighten me re "bump" I'm still brain dead I'm afraid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Hofman Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Posted by Simon Feather on 01/12/2016 15:18:05: ....and I've just visited my LMS to restock my balsa supplies which were running a little low; .... Lucky those who have a shop nearby that has decent balsa. For me it is mail order from abroad (the UK actually) Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Glyn - threads with recent posts appear at the top of "recent forum posts" and therefore attract attention.... so my guess is John keeps "bumping" these so that they appear at the top of the list. ...and my apologies, I've just realised I posted my status report in the signup thread not the chat thread, hence stimulating some chat in the wrong thread. Perhaps I could ask a moderator nicely to tidy things up a bit so we keep the signup thread just for signups... thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Thank you Simon, devious eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I would like to get to Greenacres this year. It is another 60 miles extra from here, in the sticks. Will I join the mass build, well that is debatable. It is dependant on the will and the model selected. The event presents the opportunity to discuss with other modellers aspects of the hobby that are not understood by me. The first is my canards performance and characteristics. The side to side rocking, its ability to climb like an angel, yet fly very slowly, yet inverted flight is a constant input fest. My TH Clean sweep, auto stable as a "V" tail, with no directional control during take off, now with a "T" tail, a bit of a pest once flying, yet take offd re straight as a die. Yep, i hope to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 More chat than sign ups, here's the plan/woodpacks it's a nice model get yourselfs signed in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Rushton Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Having voted for it I think it would be bad form for me not to build one! Parts ordered today as an xmas pressie. Mind you I cannot promise a 1st Jan start date; I would have to run it in parallel with my Ballerina build, the latter being a kind of re- packaged design variation using a Stepcraft cnc cutter to prepare the parts. I must have the most expensive set of wing ribs per mm of wingspan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Hofman Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 It is a hobby Trevor! So it is allowed to cost money! I am sure you have had more joy cutting out the ribs using a CNC cutter compared to me using a knife and sanding block! (although that was not bad either). Finish the Ballerina. I have maidened it a week ago and it is a joy to look at and to fly. Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Discount on any part/plan of 10% now available by quoting SKY 10 when ordering from My hobby Store Thank you to Abbey and Beth John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Bradley Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 If anyone intends buying the laser cut kit, please read my notes added to the build blog - the fuselage sides and doublers had been cut wrong due to incorrect markings on the plan. I have informed Slec who do the cutting and send out the packs and they will now correct these errors (which, as said, were not their fault). As me how I know. I am not entering the MB as I am building only for my own enjoyment and it is anyone's guess whether I will ever complete it (I am in my 80s). Derek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Hofman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Derek, is there anybody here who is not building for his own enjoyment? Let us hear how you go along. There are not that many Skywriters being build so I would very much appreciate an update now and then. If you do not fancy creating your own build thread, post a status now and then in the chat thread (http://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=121947&p=11). Building gives health and piece of mind, so you may have a good chance of finishing your Skywriter! Regards, Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Bradley Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thanks for your kind words Lucas. What I probably should have said was that it was for my own enjoyment as opposed to any competitive spirit. I am now awaiting the replacement parts from Slec (can't recommend them highly enough) but I will add my two pennorth from time to time. Derek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'm thinking of building one, but won't fly it at a MB venue, after the rufus last year, I will build one but keep it at home. Thinking of putting a OS 61 FS in it, as I have a couple new ones spare... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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