Was A Stinger

With the Panther now awaiting a new fan from Motion RC I thought I would patch up the Stinger MK1 which is in a poor state and last legs. The nose is gradually falling to bits and looks to the right all the time. Buried deep in the roof I came across a used spare wing for a Stinger, Only Cromwell would remember when I acquired it because I can't. Anyway, I though it would be a good idea to use the Stinger for a test. Spraying Halfords car paint bubbles the paint and stickers on the Stinger. How can I seal it with something not reactionary. Aha! Rustins MDF Sealer. Seals mdf ready for any paint product. I found it does a good job of protecting my mdf plane stands from glow fuel to a good degree too.

Moving on, I brushed the Stinger fuselage first with the sealer. Then when dry a very light coat of Halfords primer grey. Not too bad, just a few blisters here n there. Another coat of primer to "hide" the colours and stickers underneath. Finally a nice coat of Wheel Silver. I then did the same to the spare wing which came out better than the fuselage. A silver jet of unknown origin appears.

In the photos you can see Stinger MKII. Not flown properly yet, on maiden it glided to the ground at launch and broke off the pointy bit in the long grass.

Mrs Ford will be pleased it matches her patio table - or does the patio table now match the stinger after respray??

Kevin Ross wrote: Mrs Ford will be pleased it matches her patio table - or does the patio table now match the stinger after respray??

Pure coincidence Kevin. A short while ago she had me spray paint many of her plant pots with whatever spare Halfords cans I had that were no longer needed. Pots are now in Ford coral blue, Fiat reds, Rover green, Citroen, Peugeot, got a look in too. That cleared a lot of cans out of the cupboard. Then as usual I wanted to spray a cowl and spats and find I have to go to Halfords again and buy some more cans of the same colours I originally had. So much for a clearing out.

First flight and it flew quite well. Silver is not the best colour on a grey sky so there was some "where is it" moments. Later though a bumpy landing the rebuilt/reglued/patched with packing foam, front nose finally gave up. Time to retire it. Strip out hardware for spares.

Fortunately I also had with me Stinger MKII for a maiden and that went well after some trim tweaks. The MKII appears to be quicker than the MKI. The MKI did have office film on it wings which may have created some drag.