Blimey, Jeff!! *Exemplary* work... really and truly a rebuild of a foamie in every sense of the word. I love the pilot's uniform and equipment, too - this model is going to be fantastic. Well done!
Thank you Gina .. pretty much bare bones strip and re.fit .. I couldn’t risk it separating during flight as I’m sure it will be thrown about in flight .. I was too highly impressed with the pilot uniform detailing quite the little art pieces 👍🏻
...beautiful work; very nice !!! too keep your bottled paints mixed; drop 2 or 3 'BB's' in each bottle and shake ever so often...no need to open and stir. ..just a thought...👍 have a good one...
@@jcb6713 thanks jcb .. depending on the humidity I generally add some Tamiya thinner to hold off the gumming up as it’s being coated and need to keep mixing every few mins to avoid seperation .. I will keep the ball bearings in mind .. cheers 👍🏻
Great work there Jeff.......You must have used a few jars of the Tamiya paint on that big one...I think the way you are holding the brushes you were an "Artist" or signwriter in your previous life.....Im waiting to see Part 3.
Thanks buddy .. so far 12 jars out of a total of 32 .. the foam needed 3 coats on fuzz to seal and cover .. wooden deck tan / flat earth / light blue / cockpit green / and varied other jars for details .. thanks for the artist compliment .. I did take art in school a few decades back .. these days I have quite bad jitters and have to use all lumber support I can to steady my hand.. very theroputic and calming .. working on wing section atm part 3 should be around a week till the vid .. happy landing brother 👍🏻👌
@@highflying82 I got "O" levels at school for art along with metalwork many many moons ago.Im a great fan of John Constable who hailed from down your way. Did the pilot cost as much as the plane?? 😄
Thanks Jeff .. it’s been quite long winded so far with the full strip down but now the biggest parts of the refurb are done I can sail along with the detailing 👍🏻
Thanks buddy .. I wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on the flight characteristic and ur overall opinion on the HK p40 .. I have heard that there’s a cg shift when gear is retracted??
Hi Colin .. cheers .. for most of my smaller foamies I would use (premier foam tak) the epoxy I use on bigger surfaces is dev.con .. when mixing for foam I generally add a tiny percent extra epoxy with the hardener to prevent it going crispy over time it stays a little tacky and durable but I have sealed the joints with filler 👍🏻
Hi Shelby .. I had previously checked all 3 locating points of the spinner to backplate to find the best central rotation with least buckle in the plastic .. these were Known for out of balance spinners .. the marked points were for quick ref to re align at the best point as a starting point when I come to balance the prop and spinner assembly.. 👍🏻
@@shelbyseelbach9568 I would have replaced but at 120mm the only real option is a dynamic carbon spinner and there the cost of the entire model lol .. will see how I get on with balancing this one .. really don’t want a prop 💥
Nice to see a complete tear down and rebuild. Nice work Jeff 😊
Cheers Roy .. it’s been enjoyable project 👍🏻
Blimey, Jeff!! *Exemplary* work... really and truly a rebuild of a foamie in every sense of the word. I love the pilot's uniform and equipment, too - this model is going to be fantastic. Well done!
Thank you Gina .. pretty much bare bones strip and re.fit .. I couldn’t risk it separating during flight as I’m sure it will be thrown about in flight .. I was too highly impressed with the pilot uniform detailing quite the little art pieces 👍🏻
...beautiful work; very nice !!! too keep your bottled paints mixed; drop 2 or 3 'BB's' in each bottle and shake ever so often...no need to open and stir. ..just a thought...👍 have a good one...
@@jcb6713 thanks jcb .. depending on the humidity I generally add some Tamiya thinner to hold off the gumming up as it’s being coated and need to keep mixing every few mins to avoid seperation .. I will keep the ball bearings in mind .. cheers 👍🏻
Great work there Jeff.......You must have used a few jars of the Tamiya paint on that big one...I think the way you are holding the brushes you were an "Artist" or signwriter in your previous life.....Im waiting to see Part 3.
Thanks buddy .. so far 12 jars out of a total of 32 .. the foam needed 3 coats on fuzz to seal and cover .. wooden deck tan / flat earth / light blue / cockpit green / and varied other jars for details .. thanks for the artist compliment .. I did take art in school a few decades back .. these days I have quite bad jitters and have to use all lumber support I can to steady my hand.. very theroputic and calming .. working on wing section atm part 3 should be around a week till the vid .. happy landing brother 👍🏻👌
@@highflying82 I got "O" levels at school for art along with metalwork many many moons ago.Im a great fan of John Constable who hailed from down your way. Did the pilot cost as much as the plane?? 😄
Jeff fantastic refurbishment and painting skills, Crazy Eddy likes the new scheme. Jeff in LA USA
Thanks Jeff .. it’s been quite long winded so far with the full strip down but now the biggest parts of the refurb are done I can sail along with the detailing 👍🏻
Nice job on the repaint, never thought of hand painting, looks nice
Cheers Mike .. I have brush painted most of my foam models .. it works well for a solid coverage and to seal the foam .. 👍🏻
Very good job! I have the same plane. I need to go through mine also.
Thanks buddy .. I wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on the flight characteristic and ur overall opinion on the HK p40 .. I have heard that there’s a cg shift when gear is retracted??
@@highflying82 check your CG with the landing gear retracted.
Looks great mate!
Thanks Alan .. good to hear from u buddy .. hope all is well with u and fam .. hope to catch up at some point 👍🏻👍🏻
Looking good Jeff. What type of epoxy are you using on the foam? Im yet to find a good glue for foam.
Hi Colin .. cheers .. for most of my smaller foamies I would use (premier foam tak) the epoxy I use on bigger surfaces is dev.con .. when mixing for foam I generally add a tiny percent extra epoxy with the hardener to prevent it going crispy over time it stays a little tacky and durable but I have sealed the joints with filler 👍🏻
What was the point of marking the spinner cone and backplate?
Hi Shelby .. I had previously checked all 3 locating points of the spinner to backplate to find the best central rotation with least buckle in the plastic .. these were Known for out of balance spinners .. the marked points were for quick ref to re align at the best point as a starting point when I come to balance the prop and spinner assembly.. 👍🏻
@@highflying82 OK, was very curios about that.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 I would have replaced but at 120mm the only real option is a dynamic carbon spinner and there the cost of the entire model lol .. will see how I get on with balancing this one .. really don’t want a prop 💥