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Fred:
Well, it was a beautiful, but painful day!
Decorating (well, trying!) this tiny thing since 10 am.. non stop!
Just finished.... Well, very close! A few panel lines, rectify one or 2 things, and a coat of clear varnish and I call it the day.

I thought I had decal paper... But it was for laser!  :'( So I had to do everything manually, and that was not part of the plan. No easy way out. Everything was traced, then painted.
It's far from perfect, but a meter away, that do the trick :)

Fred:
Drying now...  8)

Fred:
Varnished and a couple of panel lines added.
I'm done!

Even if the red I put for the letters turned orange after the varnish  :'( :'( That will be for another day!  >:(

johnfireball:
That looks nice Fred. Will it fly?

Fred:
Wellllllll... That fly! And rather well, so I might keep that one!

We had a good laugh at the first launch, as I did not really fixed the belly... that stayed in the hand of the launcher!
But the thing carried on without too much issues, just the receiver hanging :)

2 miles of tape later, second and 3rd flights were done, and not a lot to say.. It does fly really nice, surprisingly I have to say :)

So, if you look for a conversion to RC, this is definitively a really good project!!  :)

ALL photos by Jean-Louis Coussot - http://www.jlc-aviation.fr/

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