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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2011, 13:00:02 PM »
I am one of the lucky one's, my wife lets me get on with it :lol:  :lol:

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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2011, 15:27:25 PM »
In all fairness, the only complaint I have about my misses is that she won’t let me have sex with other women! :(
Try not to run out of airspeed, altitude and ideas....... all at the same time.

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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2011, 18:41:08 PM »
:lol:  :lol:  :clap:  :clap:  :lol:  :lol:
i\'m an ordinary man nothing special nothing grand

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« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2011, 18:55:01 PM »
Quote from: "Happy Days"
In all fairness, the only complaint I have about my misses is that she won’t let me have sex with other women! :(


Would you let her have sex with other men? :?:  :wink:

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« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2011, 22:17:42 PM »
A little more done on the 787 tonight. I need the engines to be able to take the full force of landing, therefore I filled the foam and used epoxy/glass to form a hard shell around the engine pods. Next a coat of paint, and that should finish the engines, ready to be installed onto the wings!!



I found a wee bargain at Lidl today, 400ml cans of clear and coloured gloss Lacquer for £2.49 a can. I used the some tonight and it worked fine, however it is not great on foam, but if you paint with water based paint, the clear lacquer can be used over it to produce a high gloss finish!.



Gloss lacquer at £2.49 a can from Lidl

That's it for now happy landings! :lol:

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« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2011, 11:23:44 AM »
This is looking good Mr Pearson!  :clap:  :clap:
Education is important, but flying RC planes and gliders is importanter!

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« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2011, 22:51:17 PM »
Another few hours spent on the 787 tonight, with the tailplane covered, the fin covered and the engine pods covered and painted.



The tailplane was first re-inforced with glass tape, then covered in solar film and finished with silver trim line.



The fin was covered in brown paper, then covered in solar film. The brown paper adds extra strength to the fin with little weight and gives a nice finish and a good base for the film.



The engine pods where covered in solar film , with foam paint added. The pods will take alot of force when landing, therefore I added cardon rods,pushed inside the foam to give them extra strength.

Next I will get the engines finished and painted, then finish the fuselage.

Happy landings

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« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2011, 17:21:54 PM »
:clap:  :clap:  :clap:

good stuff john, do you think i could tow you up  :?:
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« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2011, 18:00:19 PM »
Don't see why not Andrew, it should be fairly light.
Difficulty will be fitting a hook to it  :?:

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« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2011, 22:49:08 PM »
Hi Andrew, thats a good idea, I will fit a release hook later onto the 787 when I have her flying off the slope.

I done a little work tonight on the model,the port engine is now finished, however the paint work is a little poor because I had a problem with the silver paint, which reacted with the undercoat and had to be scraped off and a new undercoat applied.The surface of the engines are a bit rough, but in the air you will not notice them. Here's a few pics:..


Close up of the port engine


Engine fitted to the port wing

That's it for now, happy landings

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« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2011, 06:50:35 AM »
That'll be invisible in the air  :clap:

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« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2011, 09:14:05 AM »
Quote from: "JohnPearson"
however the paint work is a little poor because I had a problem with the silver paint, which reacted with the undercoat and had to be scraped off and a new undercoat applied.


I know how that feels. Looking good  :D

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« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2011, 22:25:59 PM »
Hi Guys

I finished the wings tonight and started on the fuselage. The fuselage has been given a complete coat of light filler to remove the dents and gaps. This will be sanded down and then glassed this weekend hopefully :?:  Some  photos on the progress so far:


Wings with engines and leading edge trims fitted


Fuselage with light filler applied

Happy landings..

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« Reply #28 on: February 16, 2011, 08:24:36 AM »
Looking good John  :clap:

Don't forget the mask when you're sanding that back  :shock:  :cry:

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« Reply #29 on: February 16, 2011, 09:07:00 AM »
What kind of filler are you using John?