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Title: new models
Post by: gerryb on February 21, 2014, 23:01:20 PM

not so much a new topic as a request for an update on new models.....

andrew.....ask 13?

alan..........slingsby skylark?

richard......sg 38?

keith.........some kind of foamy thing, mu 1234?

anything to report?

Title: new models
Post by: Alan_Perse on February 23, 2014, 23:01:12 PM

Hi Gerry.
Have not done much work on the skylark in the last few months. But it is almost finished. Should be finished this year some time. Just doing some work on my K8 at the moment.

Title: new models
Post by: gerryb on February 24, 2014, 01:14:29 AM

good to hear alan,  looking forward to seeing some photos sometime. soon maybe?

Title: new models
Post by: andrew wallace on February 25, 2014, 08:51:06 AM

Hey Gerry
Update on the K13 I've just bought 10m of solartex  :D I'm finishing off a bird of time at the minute which I've stuck a motor in and then I'm gonna make a start on the wings of the k13  :D
My aim this year is to get it finished  :D
A quick question Gerry how did you attach the canopy to the fuselage did you hinge it or use another method

Title: new models
Post by: andrew wallace on February 25, 2014, 10:51:51 AM

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/andrew%20wallace/IMG_0708.JPG)

i've bought a couple of pilots over the year the first one i bought from AH-Designs in Wales he's the red one and the second one i got cheap on ebay  :D both are suppose to be 1/4 scale  :lol: :lol:

Title: new models
Post by: Alan_Perse on February 25, 2014, 11:12:16 AM

Quote from: "gerryb"

good to hear alan,  looking forward to seeing some photos sometime. soon maybe?

Hi Gerry. I hope to have some pictures up of the work I'm doing on my K8 in the next few weeks. I'm making a hatch on the fuselage where the wings join to make it easier to assemble. I'm not sure when I'll get back to working on the Skylark. I'm having health problems at the moment and it's hard to get the enthusiasm to work when your not feeling well. But all going well I hope to have it finished before the summer.

Andrew, I know what you mean. I have two pilots from AH Designs. A 1/4 and 1/5 scale one. Both of them have legs that appear to way longer than they should be. In fact I'm probably going to have to amputate the 1/5 scale pilots legs to get him to fit in my Skylark. I also have a 1/4 scale pilot from Premier Pilots and he seems to be about right. He's the one in my K8.

Title: new models
Post by: Fred on February 25, 2014, 13:56:06 PM

Tape to hold canopies! Or nothing :)

A glider without stuff holding by pieces of tape fly poorly. fact!  :lol:

Title: new models
Post by: andrew wallace on February 25, 2014, 14:17:44 PM

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: you're funny Fred tapes not very scale like  :shock:
Was think of using 3 or 4 magnets  to hold it in place

Title: new models
Post by: gerryb on February 25, 2014, 19:10:53 PM

again, good to hear on progress andrew.

re hinges, i use the du-bro round barbed ones on the ask 13 and 18. they look quite realistic and work well.  my 13 is 21 years old this year and i had no problems with the canopy until i hit it with my boot and split the plastic right at the hinge points.

i use spring loaded hatch catches to keep the canopies closed.

the canopy on the asw 20 is held on by a tight fitting piece of fibre glass strip at the back which engages in the top of the fuse and again a spring loaded hatch catch at the front.

i used small strong magnets (neodymium i think they're called)on a hatch on my ka3 and they stay well stuck in place.

Title: new models
Post by: gerryb on February 25, 2014, 19:17:07 PM

couple of photos andrew.....(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20001.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20003.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20004.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20006.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20008.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20009.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/ask%2013%2C%20asw%2020%20canopy%20hinges%20010.jpg)

Title: new models
Post by: gerryb on February 25, 2014, 19:26:16 PM

now that you reminded me ralph, you might like to bring all of us up to date re the pair of ka3's you started back in the noughties!!!!

which brings me to mr. bill scott. i know bill has been suffering more than his own share recently,but any developements on your ka3 bill?

anyone else like to fill us in on their building progress?

maybe some photos please?

Title: new models
Post by: andrew wallace on February 27, 2014, 09:31:07 AM

:clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap: good man Gerry and thanks for the photo's they've made life a lot easier  :D

Title: new models
Post by: billscottni on February 27, 2014, 10:04:22 AM

No major changes from me Ger, surgery soon, may get more done during my rehab!

Title: new models
Post by: Fred on February 27, 2014, 10:22:16 AM

In Ralph's defense, I saw his Ka3 completed last year!
Taking dust  :P

Title: new models
Post by: rogallo on February 27, 2014, 11:08:22 AM

Ammmmm still needs struts and a paintjob for the reg numbers.
 :(  :(  :(

Title: new models
Post by: gerryb on February 27, 2014, 13:15:20 PM

best of luck bill, hope all goes well for you.  bit of surgery for me too next week, bad knees from road running in younger days.

you're welcome andrew, keep it going.

i had a feeling ralph wasn't quite finished the ka3.  this year, maybe.

Title: new models
Post by: billscottni on February 28, 2014, 12:25:10 PM

Bad back from rugby playing days Ger, knees have already been done  :D