SLINGSBY DART 17R 1/3 SCALE

cw · Posté le: 10/10/2008 23:30 Sujet du message:

Once the primer has been brushed on, a light coat of black aerosol paint is applied to act as a guide coat...

When you start to rub the primer down, the black will show up in the low spots. Once all the black has been rubbed away, the surface will be smooth and free of blemishes...

Now the white 2-pack paint has been applied to the fuselage

cw · Posté le: 19/10/2008 17:03 Sujet du message:

Voila, the Dart 17R is nearly completed...

Maintenant, le premier vol....! [humm]

GuillaumeG · Posté le: 19/10/2008 19:32 Sujet du message:

Beautiful Chris!!! So I'm sure it flies great Very Happy

We are waiting for the video Wink

patte de loup · Posté le: 20/10/2008 17:11 Sujet du message:

Oouahhh.....

[baaave]

a lot of this month with two " meister " buildings

[clap]

Pat'

Paul ELLIS · Posté le: 20/10/2008 18:48 Sujet du message:

As usual a superb build Chris. [amen]

Thanks for all the tips, I've stolen most of them for the Minimoa.

Paul

Fabrice · Posté le: 20/10/2008 21:07 Sujet du message:

It's beautiful.

Fab

Laurent Beldame · Posté le: 21/10/2008 16:38 Sujet du message:

Where's the tug ? Barry ! It's time!!!

Congratulations, i assume that the flight test will be a simple formality...

L

cw · Posté le: 21/10/2008 21:28 Sujet du message:

Laurent, Barry broke his tug at Pottes, he has still not yet repaired it...

A 1st flight is never a simple formality...! [argh]

Look what happened to this one

Laurent Beldame · Posté le: 21/10/2008 21:54 Sujet du message:

Fortunatly for Barry as the winter comes, less the repair is urgent...(more or less the same situation for me as I m retrofitting seriously my own tug)..but you're right, nothing is always granted !
Touch wood cross the fingers and thumbs up.. Wink

L

loopingfred · Posté le: 22/10/2008 00:22 Sujet du message:

cw · Posté le: 25/10/2008 18:22 Sujet du message:

So, this morning I go to White Sheet Hill...

1st, the obligatory photographs:

Now, the premier vol... (There was no one else there, so I had to take my own photos)

The Dart flies beautifully, slow, steady and very scale-like. 7 month's work validated...I am a happy man...! Very Happy

GuillaumeG · Posté le: 25/10/2008 18:37 Sujet du message:

Congratulations Chris, your Dart is really beautiful and following the building was really interesting. Hoping you will be able to make a video soon (maybe somebody else will be better Wink

).
Have good flights with this beauty!

zeffus · Posté le: 25/10/2008 19:58 Sujet du message:

caralp_laurent · Posté le: 26/10/2008 15:18 Sujet du message:

Congratulations Chris !
It's wonderful ! Very Happy

And built so fast !! Shocked

Lolométéo

patte de loup · Posté le: 27/10/2008 07:47 Sujet du message:

for this first fly of this wonderfull full blood plane
Pat'