At 10:50 you were explaining how you bent the little piece of tubing at the ends, I found a good way of doing it by sawing a couple of screw heads off and by placing one in each end of the tube, then you can squeeze gently in a vice and they just bell out easily. You can get the warp out of the wing by holding it over a steaming kettle for a few seconds and twisting in the opposite direction if needed 👍
Nope. I did a couple of tests, it nose dived, broke the prop, and it is now waiting to be fixed up again. Rubber power is really hard to get to fly. Thx for stopping by!
How would one go about painting and detailing one of these without adding a considerable amount of weight so that it is still flight worthy but has era correct paint scheme
Indeed, way to heavy to fly. Probably coloured tissue would have been a better idea. I have to fix it up after the maiden crash and try it again. Thx for stopping by!
@@downwindchecklist6567 I'm wanting to build one of these kits I've been obsessed with WW2 era air craft as far back as I can remember....wanting to do a p40 war hawk in the classic flying tigers scheme I did a bunch of research on the American volunteer group and now am wanting to replicate one of the pilots planes as accurately as possible but still have it be flight worthy
@@williamkeeling4961 I haven't done a P-40 yet. It sure would look great with the detailed markings. The sooner you start, the sooner you will finish it and get to build another one ;)
Beautiful handiwork
Thank you and tx for stopping by!
At 10:50 you were explaining how you bent the little piece of tubing at the ends, I found a good way of doing it by sawing a couple of screw heads off and by placing one in each end of the tube, then you can squeeze gently in a vice and they just bell out easily. You can get the warp out of the wing by holding it over a steaming kettle for a few seconds and twisting in the opposite direction if needed 👍
Good points. I wanted to get myself a vice at some point, so this is yet another reason to do it. Thx!
@@downwindchecklist6567 It doesn't have to be a big vice either Andrew, I use a 2in vice (6cm) that just clamps onto the edge of the table!
So does it fly? I built one powered by a Cox 0.010 with the intention of flying it free flight.
Nope. I did a couple of tests, it nose dived, broke the prop, and it is now waiting to be fixed up again. Rubber power is really hard to get to fly. Thx for stopping by!
How would one go about painting and detailing one of these without adding a considerable amount of weight so that it is still flight worthy but has era correct paint scheme
Indeed, way to heavy to fly. Probably coloured tissue would have been a better idea. I have to fix it up after the maiden crash and try it again. Thx for stopping by!
@@downwindchecklist6567 I'm wanting to build one of these kits I've been obsessed with WW2 era air craft as far back as I can remember....wanting to do a p40 war hawk in the classic flying tigers scheme I did a bunch of research on the American volunteer group and now am wanting to replicate one of the pilots planes as accurately as possible but still have it be flight worthy
@@williamkeeling4961 I haven't done a P-40 yet. It sure would look great with the detailed markings. The sooner you start, the sooner you will finish it and get to build another one ;)
Looks good! Did you check the weight?
Yes, too heavy. I ended up putting a lot of nose weight :( Let's see if it gets to fly, or if it does just a glide...